Kabak Beğendili Tavuk (Turkish Zucchini Cream and Chicken) Recipe

Turkish Beğendi which cook with eggplant is famous , but we can cook same recipe with different type of vegetables. My mum dont like zucchini too much but she loved this recipe.  It is easy to cook and delicious food.

Ingredients

For Kabak Beğendi;

2 zucchinis, peeled,grated and drained
1 tb spoon butter
1 tb spoon flour
1 gl of cold milk (170 ml)
70 gr grated cheese
Salt
Black pepper

For Chicken;

250 gr chicken breast,boneless, cut in medium size
1/2 table spoon tomato paste
2 table spoon yoghurt
1 clove garlic, mashed
2 table spoon olive oil
1 table spoon oregano
Salt
Black pepper


Mix in a bowl , tomato paste, yoghurt, garlic, oil, oregano , salt and pepper. Then add chicken, mix them well and let it marinade for some time.
In a pan saute the chicken until the color turns golden.

Put zucchini on the medium heat for 5 min, so it ll not be watery when weare cooking it. Dont add salt or anything else. Just stir it to avoid to burn.
On the other hand put butter on medium heat, melt it, add flour and cook it for few min, add cold milk. Mix them all together till it turns creamy . Then add zucchini , mix more, and add, cheese, salt and pepper. Cook and stir few min more.
Serve warm with chicken.
Bon appetit..