Kibbe/Kibbi/Kubba Recipe (A Turkish/Iraqi Snack)
Kibbe with various spelling is an Turkish/Iraqi snack, I like it very much, it is nutritious and tasty.
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Ingredients for Raw Kibbe
- 1. burghul (Turkish) 1/2 kg
- 2. Extra lean minced meat (Beef/lamb/Chicken) 1/2 kg
- 3. Onion finely Crushed one medium size
- 4. Mint leaves a few
- 5. Ice cold water 1 cup
- 6. Spices ( Salt to taste, paprika 1/4 teaspoon, all spice 1/2 tea spoon, sumuk 1/2 teaspoon, Cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon , cloves 1/8 teaspoon, black pepper 1/4 teaspoon)
Procedure for raw kibbe
- 1. Soak burghul in cold water for 20-30 minutes.
- 2. Drain out water and squeeze the soaked burghul.
- 3. Now add crushed onion, mint leavs, minced meat and spices to it and knead well , keep aside. The raw kibbe is ready
- For fine texture you can crush this mixture in a mincer/grinder. Chopped green chillies 2-3 nos. and 2-3 teaspoon of lemon juice can be added to improve the taste and pungency.
Prepration of Kibbe filling (Stuffing)
Ingredients for filling (Stuffing)
- 1. Extra lean minced meat 1/2 kg
- 2.. Burghul 1-2 teaspoon
- 3. Oil/Butter 1/2 cup
- 4. Onion finely chopped 1-2 medium size
- 5. Fresh parsley/celery/corainder leaves a few
- 6. Pine nuts 25-75 gram
- 7. Spices (as same as above)
Procedure for Stuffing Preparation
- 1. Fry oinio in oil/butter till golden brown.
- 2. Add pine nuts and fry for 1-2 minutes.
- 3. Now add minced meat and spices and fry for 5-10 minutes.
- 4. Add 1-2 cup of water if desired and cook on medium flame till meat is tender and most of the water dries up.
- 5. Srinkle fresh parsley leaves and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
- The stuffing is ready (1-2 chopped green chillies,1-2 teaspoon lemon juice can be added to enhance the taste , if you like)
Fried Stuffed Kibbe Procedure
Ingredients
- 1. Prepared raw kibbe (as preapared above)
- 2. Prepared stuffing (as preapared above)
- 3. Oil (Olive/sunflower/Canolla) for deep frying
Fryning Procedure
- 1. Make egg size balls from prepared raw kibbe
- 2. Make a deep shallow hole in it and fill the hole with stuffing.
- 3. Seal the whole with raw kibbe and mould the balls into diamond shape.
- 4. Heat oil in a frying pan and deep fry the preapared stuffed kibbe to a golden brown color.
- Serve with salad/khubz bread/ tahini sauce/yoghurt raita
