Introduction: Cooking With Power Tools: Stuffed Zucchinnis
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Greetings!
In this short photo Instructable, I will demonstrate how the (nearly) ancient art of Zucchini stuffing can be semi-automated with the help of an electric drill:
Also including: A secret filling recipe.
Ingredients:
2-3 lb. light-colored Zucchinis
Filling:
1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup cranberries
1 cup chopped coriander
Some ground black pepper and cumin, per taste
Salt
Cooking Marinade:
Lemon juice from 1-2 lemons
2-3 spoons sugar
4-5 spoons olive oil
Tools:
Electric drill
15mm drill bit
Low cooking pot
Mixing bowl
Preparation (please see video and photos):
1. Prepare the mix
2. Drill the Zucchinis
3. Fill the Zucchinis
4. Lay Zucchinis in a low pot, pour lemon juice, sugar and olive oil
5. Cook on low flame for 1-2 hours until Zucchinis are soft
Tip: Don't skip the lemon and sugar. This is what gives this dish it's kick typical taste.
Tip #2: Ground meat or chicken can be used instead of the coriander
Greetings!
In this short photo Instructable, I will demonstrate how the (nearly) ancient art of Zucchini stuffing can be semi-automated with the help of an electric drill:
Also including: A secret filling recipe.
Ingredients:
2-3 lb. light-colored Zucchinis
Filling:
1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup cranberries
1 cup chopped coriander
Some ground black pepper and cumin, per taste
Salt
Cooking Marinade:
Lemon juice from 1-2 lemons
2-3 spoons sugar
4-5 spoons olive oil
Tools:
Electric drill
15mm drill bit
Low cooking pot
Mixing bowl
Preparation (please see video and photos):
1. Prepare the mix
2. Drill the Zucchinis
3. Fill the Zucchinis
4. Lay Zucchinis in a low pot, pour lemon juice, sugar and olive oil
5. Cook on low flame for 1-2 hours until Zucchinis are soft
Tip: Don't skip the lemon and sugar. This is what gives this dish it's kick typical taste.
Tip #2: Ground meat or chicken can be used instead of the coriander
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71 Comments
11 years ago on Introduction
I have to admit, I never would have thought to do it like that and I have been cooking for almost 50 years Good job!
11 years ago on Introduction
That was too much fun. I look forward to you next 'ible' with a power tool! And more Syrian cuisine, please! It's nice to learn how people eat things differently, and yet, still similar.
11 years ago on Introduction
This is my new favorite instructable!!!!
11 years ago on Introduction
LOL! awsome its Tool Time meets Rachel Ray ..
11 years ago on Introduction
amazing! exactly what my cooking needs, more power tools!!!
also, excellent video instruction!
11 years ago on Introduction
Love this!
7 years ago on Introduction
Food and power tools - my 2 favourite things.
9 years ago on Introduction
The other guys here have said it all - a mans instructable for men.
You are the Daddy.
DZ
9 years ago on Introduction
That is the coolest, most unique way i have seen somebody prepare food, great job!
11 years ago on Introduction
Perhaps some kind of belt sander potato peeler? Or a V8 powered Margarita blender....
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
like!
we had something similar to the belt-sander-potato-peeler in the army... I wanna do something that has not been done before.
I am thinking of cleaning artichokes with the help of one of those drill bits whose name in English I will never know (in Hebrew it is something like "cup drill bit") - attached a photo
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
In english it's called a hole saw.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
thanks!
(I would guess 10 other names before Hole Saw...)
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
If you're interested it's called a "scie cloche" in French (ie. "bell saw")
Not of any help but if you collect the same from many other languages that may lead your inventive spirit to something new…
Who knows ?…
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
It did have me thinking about bell peppers, but these are actually the easiest to stuff :) thanks!
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
A "scie cloche" for bell peppers !… Of course ! … Why didn't I think of it myself ??…
:) :)
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
In the UK we just call them hole saws.
I can see cooking becoming a full contact sport, I like it!
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
A commercial potato-peeler has rotor in the bottom that is covered in coarse material like a VERY ROUGH sandpaper.
10 years ago on Introduction
THE BEST !
REALLY THE BEST COOKING INSTRUCTABLE I EVER SAW ON THE SITE.
Everything is crystal clear and, as said, there is no lapse in the recipe : much beter than with a step by step. The spirit of the recipe is here as well.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ! …
(By the way, I understand that you use a Makita drill… Willl the result be the same with a Dewalt ?…)
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
thanks :)
Dewalt will certainly do for aubergines, I doubt if it could go through Zucchinis :)
(actually... I wish I had a Makita, this one's a cheapo Chinese make)