Description
This is a refreshing and tasty Mediterranean recipe. You can also use yellow squash to cook it. It is so easy, and it goes well with fresh, crusty bread.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 4 zucchini, chopped
- 1 cup chopped fresh dill weed
- ¼ cup uncooked long grain white rice
- ½ cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups plain yogurt
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the onion until translucent
- about 5 minutes. Stir in the sugar
- then add the chopped zucchini
- dill
- and rice. Cook and stir until the zucchini is softened
- about 5 minutes. Pour in the water
- sprinkle with salt and pepper
- and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the mixture until the rice is cooked
- about 20 minutes. Turn off the heat
- and let the mixture cool to lukewarm.
- Make a sauce by mixing the yogurt
- garlic
- and salt in a bowl. Serve over the lukewarm zucchini and rice.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 4