Skewered Stuffed Vegetables

 

Skewered stuffed vegetables is a traditional dish from Armenia in the Caucasus region of Asia minor. The dish is cooked in the Armenian Tonir (Tandoor).

In Armenia, the filling is typically comprised of 50% Pork and 50% Lamb mince, you may however use Pork, Lamb and Beef alone or a combination of two.

 

Ingredients

• Pork, Lamb or Beef mince
• Parsley
• Brown Onion
• Garlic Cloves
• Hot Green Chilli
• Eggplants
• Zucchinis
• Horn Chilli
• Capsicum
• Salt
• Black Pepper

Preparation

1/ Finely dice the Parsley, Onion, Garlic and green Chilli.

2/ Combine the diced elements from step 1 with the chosen mince meat. Add salt and black pepper.

3/ Thoroughly mix the mince together, to ensure even dispersion of salt/pepper and diced elements.

4/ Halve your Eggplant and Zucchinis, proceed to scoop the flesh out from inside.

5/ Cut the top of the Capsicum and Horn chilli, remove the seeds from inside.

6/ Fill the vegetables with the mince mixture, make sure it is tightly compacted.

7/ Skewer the vegetables vertically through the middle.

8/ Load your Artisan Tandoor oven with the skewers.

9/ Cooking time is approximately 10-15 minutes.