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Baked Zucchini In A Yogurt Garlic Sauce

Actually I think this dish is absolutly fabulous and it is to really die for and I am glad I had tried this out. I put my spin on this and I am going to walk you through how I did it finally. So hear it goes and I am going to carry on. Actually carry on is a UK English phrase meaning continue if I am correct. You will need to preheat the oven to 375F or 190C.

In a large cast iron skillet add 1/4 cup of either olive, grapeseed or sunflower oil. Make sure the skillet itself is oiled very well. It should be well oiled on the sides as well as the bottom. Set that aside and slice 2 large zucchinis in to round slices by using either a knife or even a mandolin. Add the zucchini slices to the large oiled cast iron skillet. Mince and add 3 cloves of garlic, 1 onion or shallot cut in to half moon slices or 3 green onions chopped. Add 1 pinch of peppercorns to a mortar and pestle to grind in to a powder and add to the zucchini and onions in the skillet followed by 1 pinch each of red pepper flakes, dill weed, parsley and mint.

Add 1 pinch of either bullion poweder or vegtea seasoning or 1 bullion cube crushed. 3 dashes of maggi or knorr aroma and mix the zucchini mixture in by folding it so the seasoning can be evenly distrubuted. Place 1 large sheet of aluminum foil over the zucchini onion mixture and bake for 20 minutes. You can flip recover and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until the zucchini onion mixture is completly soft. After this you can do either by cutting 1 block of fetta cheese in to 6 chunks. Take 1 chunk and the rest you wrap up and put it back in to the refridgerator. With the chunk you have thaken crumble it with your hands and sprinkle it all over the cooked zucchini and onion mixture and eat just as is or place it in the oven to melt for 10 minutes.

If feta cheeese is not to your liking then make a yogurt garlic sauce to go with this. Add 1/4 cup of plain desi yogurt to a bowl with 3 tbs of water and stir. Add 2 cloves of garlic crushed, 1 pinch each of mint, parsley and dill weed. Mix to combine and then place all over the baked zucchini onion mixture by folding it over until it is well blended. Serve this with bulgar or pide.

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