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Stuffed squash, courgette, marrow, mahshi, kousa, or zucchini is a dish common in Egypt, the Levant and the Balkans. It is a kind of dolma consisting of various kinds of squash or zucchini, stuffed with rice and sometimes meat, and cooked on the stovetop or in the oven. The meat version is served hot, as a main course. The meatless version is considered an "olive-oil dish" and is often eaten at room temperature or warm.

The placenta and seeds of larger, shorter, cylindrical immature squashes are pulled off, and the further proceeding is similar as for punjene paprike or sarma. Often, punjene tikvice (stuffed squashes) and punjene paprike (stuffed peppers) are made together, as a mixed dish.

The name in different languages generally means literally "stuffed squash": Croatian: Punjene tikvice; Serbian: stuffed zucchini; Serbian Cyrillic: stuffed zucchini.

In Canada, stuffed squash is often prepared with tomato sauce or spaghetti sauce as well as with melted cheese on top.

Mahshi kosa (Egyptian Arabic: محشي كوسا) is a traditional stuffed squash dish eaten in Egypt, it is a type of dolma consisting of squash that is cored and stuffed with a seasoned filling of rice and herbs. The stuffing typically includes short-grain rice mixed with parsley, dill, and cilantro, flavored with cumin, coriander, salt, and black pepper. The squash are then gently simmered in a spiced tomato sauce, allowing the rice to absorb the liquid while the zucchini becomes tender.

In the Levant, this dish is flavoured with mint and garlic. In Cyprus, the flowers of the marrow are also stuffed.

The cultivar is called 'Cousa' in Robinson and Decker-Walters (1997) p. 77: "Some summer squash cultivars, e.g. the vegetable marrows (Cucurbita pepo) are consumed when almost mature. In the Middle East, nearly mature fruits of 'Cousa' are stuffed with meat and other ingredients, then baked".

In traditional Turkish cuisine, stuffed zucchini (Turkish: kabak dolması) commonly contains ground beef in addition to rice and sometimes vegetables, herbs and spices. It is often served with both yogurt and a tomato-based sauce.

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Dish common in the former Ottoman Empire
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