Zucchini In Italy, zucchini is served in a variety of ways: fried, baked, boiled, or deep fried, alone or in combination with other ingredients. At home and in some restaurants, it is possible to eat the flowers, as well, deep-fried, known as "fiori di zucca" (cf. Pumpkin flower fritter). In Levantine countries, zucchini is stuffed with minced meat and rice plus herbs and spices. The dish, called محشي ("mahshi"), is then boiled in tomato based sauce, commonly cooked with ورق دوالي ("warak dwali"; stuffed grape leaves). Zucchini is also used in various kinds of stew. Stews that have low salinity are
Stuffed peppers (especially paprika and parsley) and cheese. Recipes vary but often include the removal of the seeds of the pepper, boiling them, stuffing them, covering them with cheese, and baking or alternatively cooking them on the stove top at a slow simmer in canned tomato sauce until the peppers are soft. A sauce may be served with them, often a tomato sauce, but this, too, varies greatly. Stuffed peppers Stuffed peppers is a dish that exists in different names and forms around the world. It consists of hollowed or halved peppers (typically bell peppers), filled with any of a variety of