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Koupes

Name: Koupes
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Cyprus
Ingredients: 250g Bulgur; 300g Ground Beef; 3 tbsp All-purpose flour; 1 Onion; 1/2 bunch Parsley; A pinch Cinnamon powder; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Oil for frying; 1 Lemon; 300ml (boiling) Water

Snack

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

Ground meat encased in bulgur dough and fried into rugby-ball shapes — a popular Cypriot snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Koupes are Cypriot fried snacks descended from Middle Eastern kibbeh: bulgur (cracked wheat) dough is wrapped around ground meat with onion and parsley, shaped into long ovals, and fried. Loved across the island, they're sold as snacks at bakeries and cafés and are essential in party meze.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a bakery's glass case in a Cypriot town, golden elongated koupes are lined up and slipped into paper bags with lemon.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Bulgur 250g
Ground Beef 300g
All-purpose flour 3 tbsp
Onion 1
Parsley 1/2 bunch
Cinnamon powder A pinch
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Oil for frying To taste
Lemon 1
Water 300ml (boiling)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Pour boiling water over the bulgur and leave 30 minutes, then squeeze dry, add salt and flour, and knead well.
Fry the ground meat and chopped onion, mix with parsley, cinnamon, and pepper, and cool.
Roll the dough into egg-sized balls, make a hole with your finger, thin the walls, and fill.
Close the opening and shape into rugby balls with pointed ends.
Fry in 170°C oil until golden and serve with lemon.

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