Koosa recipe

Easy, delicious and healthy Syrian Koosa recipe from SparkRecipes. See our top-rated recipes for Syrian Koosa.

Lebanese kousa mahshi is a recipe that takes me right back home. Minced meat rice stuffed zucchinis are cooked in a gorgeous tomato broth.

Spiced beef stuffed zucchini in a cooked garlic yogurt sauce. An absolute showstopper of a dish, served with vermicelli rice!

Served with warm flat bread, Lebanese stuffed squash (Koosa) is a summer favorite when yellow squash is in season.

We love our stuffed koosa squash cooked in tomato broth--consider this Koosa Soup with Meatballs an easier, faster way to all of those flavors we love in a beautiful, warming bowl of soup. If reheating the soup from the refrigerator, add water to loosen the broth, and more salt if needed.

Like the stuffed grape vine leaves, the stuffed squash, Koosa, is another Lebanese favourite. My mother’s first vegetable garden this year on Saltspring Island was almost wholly devoted to growing …

Lebanese stuffed zucchini cooked in a tomato sauce

Lebanese zucchini is tiny and almost sweet; this dish is considered comfort food here and the zucchinis are sold in supermarkets already cored to save people time. I had found a small batter...

These stuffed vegetables are packed with authentic flavors from Lebanon, Turkey and Syria. Give it a try, it's not too hard. Watch the video- it helps!

The meat and rice stuffing mixture for this recipe is a basic Lebanese stuffing that is also used for cabbage rolls and Lebanese stuffed grape leaves. I like to use ground beef for this dish, but you can also use ground lamb. If you have the patience to let the kousa (koosa) rest, after it's been cooked, for a day in the refrigerator before eating it, you’ll find the flavors develop wonderfully. Serve the kousa topped with labneh (thickened yogurt) and thin pita bread or Lebanese flatbread.