A Summer cooling salad with fire charred zucchini, mint and yogurt.

Sheikh el Mahshi. In Arabic the word shiekh could refer to many things among them is leader, chief, old, or an expert of sort. So I am guessing this recipe is called sheikh al mahshi due to the fact that the squash is stuffed with a luxurious mixture of spiced meat and pine nuts compared to the traditional filling of rice and meat. I also think it tastes so delicious crowning itself as the chief of all stuffed vegetables. This dish is consumed in the Levant with so many diffe

The word mahshi in Arabic means “stuffed” so kousa mahshi would mean stuffed zucchini. Arabs in general and especially Palestinians love to stuff anything from meats to vegetables. We even stuff our meats with stuffed vegetables ;). Stuffed vegetables are definitely one of my favorites. From zucchini, to eggplants, carrots, onions, cabbage, grape leaves, potatoes, tomatoes and even cucumbers can be stuffed. We use a special tool called “makwara” to hallow the veggies out. But