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Ingredients

  1. 500 gfine bolgur
  2. 500 ggrounded meat
  3. 1onion
  4. 7basil leaves
  5. 1 tsp7 spices
  6. 1 tspcummin powder
  7. 1 tspcayenne paste
  8. 1 tspsalt
  9. Oil for frying
  10. Filling ingredients:
  11. 350 gminced meat
  12. 2medium size onions
  13. 1 tbspghee
  14. 1 tbsppomegranate syrup
  15. 1/2 tsp7 spices
  16. 1 tspsalt
  17. 1 tbspfried pine nuts

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Kibbeh dough preparation:

    wash and drain the bolgur, leave aside

  2. 2

    Grind the onion, basil. Then add the cayenne paste, spices and grind all together.

  3. 3

    Add the mixture to the bolgur and rub using your hands, until you have a consistent dough.

  4. 4

    In a wide pan, add the ghee and heat, then add the chopped onions. Stir until onions have cooked

  5. 5

    Add the minced meat, spices and salt and stir until meat cooks

  6. 6

    Leave the pan aside to cool

  7. 7

    Then add the fried pine nuts, pomegranate syrup and mix it in all together

  8. 8

    Kibbeh preparation:

    divide the dough equally into balls approximately the size of an egg

  9. 9

    Dampen your hands with some water. Take a ball of the kibbeh dough and form somewhat of an oval-shaped disc in the palm of one hand.

  10. 10

    Use your finger to make a well in the middle of the disc, and gradually hallow the disc out to make a larger well or hole for the filling.

  11. 11

    Add 1 tsp of the meat filling and seal the dough opening on the top, using both hands carefully shape it into an oval

  12. 12

    Continue to all the dough has been used

  13. 13

    In a wide pan, pour the oil and allow to heat

  14. 14

    Fry the kibbe discs until they turn a golden colour
    Serve cold as appetiser

  15. 15

    By: Rourou Adam

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