Stuffed Mammoth Zucchini Vegan Style

November 28, 2014

Found two beautifully huge zucchoni in the market and bought them not knowing what exactly to do with them. I knew though that I would cut them in half lengthwise, take out the inside, fill them with something, cover them with something else, and bake them.....
Till I reached home I knew exactly what I was going to do. Here goes,

Ingredients:
for four persons as a starter or for two as a meal.

- 2 Zucchini weighing about 1/2 kg each.
- 2 cups minced soya.
- 4 cups water or vegetable broth.
- 500 gm tomato pieces in juice.
- 1 big onion finely chopped.
- 3 garlic cloves finely chopped.
- 1/2 bunch celery chopped.
- 3 carrots finely chopped.

- 1/4 cup olive oil.
- A large pinch of oregano.
- Salt and pepper to taste.

Method:
- Cut the zucchini in half length wise.

- Scooop out the flesh out using a spoon and keep in separate bowl.

- In the mean time get your cous-cous apparatus out and fill bottom part with three inches of water.

- Cover with strainer and cover that and bring to a boil
- Place the four scooped out zucchini pirogues and steam till cooked " al dente ".

- Take out from cous cous apparatus and place on baking dish.
- Fill each pirogue with kithen paper to absorb extra liquid from the half cooked zucchini shells.

- Start your sauce by making a nice sofrito of the onions, garlic, carrots and celery. Add salt, pepper,
- Add the soya mince and stir fry till a mixture is obtained.
- Add four cups of hot water or vegetable broth.
- Add the tomato pieces and juice. Mix.
- Add the scooped up zucchini flesh to the sauce.

- Bring to a boil turn down heat, cover and simmer till all the juices are gone. This will be the filling for the zucchini.
- Finally add the oregano and mix.