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 of stuffed peppers in Bulgaria is made with mixed white cheese and eggs instead of meat and rice as stuffing. Ardei umpluţi () is Romanian for "stuffed peppers". This dish is usually prepared with bell peppers stuffed with ground meat (usually pork), rice, onion, and other vegetables and spices and then boiled in a sauce made from cream, tomatoes, and spices. Stuffed peppers in American cuisine is a dish where bell peppers (often the green, yellow, and red varieties) are typically filled with a stuffing such as ground beef, mixed with bread crumbs or cooked rice, eggs, herbs, and spices