kufta - Best Kufta Recipe

Kufta is a recipe for meatballs that can be made with vegetables and meat or separately.

This is the best Kufta recipe for Beef or Lamb meatballs with vegetables served with sesame sauce or tahini. Enjoy!

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Ingredients

• 1/2 KG fine ground meat (Beef or Lamb)
• 1/2 cup parsley
• 2 medium onions (diced)
• Salt to taste, Black Pepper and Allspice
• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 1/3 cup sesame paste (tahina)
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 1/3 cup water

Preparation

• Mix the meat with fine cut parsley and diced onions.
• Add your seasoning- Salt, Black pepper and Allspice.
• Shape into Kababs, (the size of a small egg) and place into a large pan.
• Add cooking oil and lightly fry the Kufta on the stove top to hold its shape.

Preparing the Tahini sauce:

• Mix tahina and lemon juice together well until it forms a smooth paste.
• Slowly add the water while stirring to keep the mixture smooth.
• Pour sauce over kofta.
• Cook on the stove top covered at a low-medium heat until the water has boiled away to form a semi-thick sauce in the bottom of the pan (about 30 Minutes).
• Brown the top under the broiler.
• Serve with Pita bread or white rice on the side.

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Freekeh - Best Freekeh Recipe

About Freekeh: Freekeh, or frik is roasted wheat that is dried and cooked in many ways, such as a side dish, stuffed in chicken, or soup. This recipe can be made and served as a main course dish.

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How to make best freekeh recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups freekeh
• 1.5 cups cooked chicken broth
• Cooking oil

preparation

1. Wash the freekeh very well with water until the water is clear.
2. Soak the freekeh in water for about half an hour
3. Drain
4. Heat up oil in a pan or pot
5. Add the freekeh to the heated oil in the pot.
6. Stir for few min until all the water is evaporated.
7. Add the chicken broth, little by little and let it boil on high heat for a little while then cover and simmer until it is tender and soft and all the broth has been absorbed for about 15-20 minutes.
8. Serve in a platter, topped with chicken and fried almonds and pine nuts
9. Serve with plain yogurt or fresh green salad

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Falafel Mix - Best Falafel Mix

Learn how to prepare the best Falafel Mix! Learn more about making traditional Lebanese Falafel Mix in this free cooking recipe.


Ingredients
112 lb (375g) broad/fava beans, soaked overnight
1/2 lb (375g) chick peas, soaked overnight
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 large brown onion, finely chopped
4 large spring onions, finely chopped
1/2 hot red or green pepper, finely chopped or ground
1 level tablespoon bicarbonate of soda
3 tablespoons plain flour
1 cup finely chopped parsley
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoons cumin
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Oil for frying

How to make Falafel
Drain the beans and chick peas and rinse well in cold water. If the beans are not skinless, skin them.

Pound or grind the beans and chick peas (if grinding, put them through the fine blade of the mincer twice).

Mix in the crushed garlic, chopped onions, spring onions and hot pepper, then add the remaining ingredients.

Pound or blend the mixture to a smooth paste and let rest for at least one hour.

Take walnut-sized lumps of the mixture and mould into round flat shapes 1 1/2 in (4 cm) in diameter.

Allow to rest for a further 15 minutes, then deep fry them in oil until golden brown.

Serve hot accompanied by a tomato, Pickles, cucumber salad, Tahini Sauce, and Pita Bread.

Variation - Roll the mixture in sesame seeds before frying.

Try...
Lebanese Falafel - Egyptian Falafel - Palestinian - Falafel Falafel Sauce - Falafel sandwiches

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