Zucchini Mezze

tags: strained yogurt, Turkish mezze, walnut, zucchini

Written by Zerrin on September 21, 2011 in Side Dishes and Mezzes - 10 Comments

Zucchini is thaught as a Summer vegetable, but what should we do if we still have zucchinis in Fall? Continue cooking with this no calorie, fiber rich vegetable for sure! This mezze is one of our favorites. Most of Turkish mezzes contain more calories, but this one is both super healthy and appetizing! This is generally served as mezze in our cuisine, but I love to have it as a side dish with meat or chicken. Spreading a generous amount of this mezze in your sandwich, which is hubby’s idea, is still another great way to use it.

Kabakli Meze
Ingredients

2 zucchinis
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup strained yogurt
3 cloves garlic, mashed
¼ cup walnut, crumbled
½ bunch of fresh dill, chopped
Salt to taste

Grate zucchinis and squeeze their water with your hands or putting them in a cheese cloth.

Heat olive oil and saute grated zucchini stirring occasionaly for about 10 minutes. Put it aside to chill.

Add little water in strained yogurt to loosen. Mix it with salt, mashed garlic and chopped fresh dill.

Wait it in refrigerator for 15 to 30 minutes. Serve cold.

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Her love of cooking started as a little child by messing her mom's dishes up! Despite all her mom's effort to teach her how to cook, she was happy as an 'assistant'. What made her want to jump to an upper level was her dad's compliments for the first dish she made herself. Finally, her husband, who claims that ancient humans were stronger than we are today as their main food source was meat, helped her love cooking meat dishes and improving vegetable dishes to make them more edible for him!

10 Comments on "Zucchini Mezze"

Joanne September 21, 2011 at 9:51 pm · Reply

What an interesting recipe. I’d love to try that. I’ve always thought of zucchini as more Fallish than summer. Maybe in NY it is more of a late season squash.
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts September 21, 2011 at 11:44 pm · Reply

I love zucchini! This almost reminds me of chicken salad in America, but using zucchini instead of chicken. Great recipe!
marla September 22, 2011 at 12:09 am · Reply

Love that you put the walnuts in this!
Peggy September 22, 2011 at 3:24 am · Reply

I love the idea of spreading this on sandwiches! Gonna have to give this one a try =)
Monet September 22, 2011 at 4:40 pm · Reply

This recipe looks wonderful…and I have all the ingredients I need! Thank you for making me smile. I love visiting your blog before I head to work. It is a great start to my long day. Much love and many blessings from Austin!
Katherine Martinelli September 24, 2011 at 12:52 am · Reply

This looks delicious! I love zucchini and I love mezze so it seems like a match made in heaven!
Turkey's For Life September 28, 2011 at 8:51 am · Reply

This looks lovely. A friend of ours made something similar last winter but she used celeriac. I didn’t think I liked celeriac till that night. It was a treat. Never thought of doing it with courgettes. Will give it a try.
Julia
Eftychia September 28, 2011 at 8:44 pm · Reply

Another delicious recipe! Thanks for sharing.
Gcroft September 29, 2011 at 10:56 am · Reply

Love this recipe – fab way to use up courgettes!
Annette newton April 23, 2012 at 7:21 pm · Reply

How good to find this sight,we go to Turkey often it’s our second home and love the food so much so I can try it out here now thank you Annette