Kurdish Stuffed Tomatos

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 10 medium size tomatoes
• 1/2 lb ground beef, and lamb mix
• 3/4 cup basmati rice
• 1 chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley or 1/2 cup cilantro
• 1 ounce raisins
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 cup water
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak the rice in hot water for at least an hour.
• 2 slice the top of the tomatoes and keep it aside for covering later.
• 3 using a carver or a tsp, empty the inside of the tomatoes and keep them for the soup.
• 4 fry the onion until golden and let it cool off
• 5 add all ingredients except the lemon juice and the tomato paste.
• 6 stuff the tomatoes with the mix and put the slice from earlier on top
• 7 poke diagonally 2 tooth peaks one on each side to attach the cover to the tomato wall
• 8 in a large pot or a large and deep enough pan, lay the stuffed tomato at the bottom.
• 9 add the water, the tomatoes inside that you took out earlier, the lemon juice, the tomato paste, salt and pepper, bring to boil and cook for 5 minute, then lower heat and cook for an hour.
• 10 you may use other vegetables to suff such as small eggplants, onions, zucchini etc.
• 11 the best result achieved when stuffing several vegetables together while using the insides as a soup mix to get much richer soup.