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Kafta

Name: Kafta
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Lebanon
Ingredients: 500g Ground beef; 1 bunch Parsley (chopped); 1 Onion; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; To taste Salt; To taste Pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Ground meat mixed with parsley and onion, shaped on skewers and grilled — a Lebanese staple.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kafta is a Lebanese staple of ground beef or lamb mixed with plenty of chopped parsley and onion, shaped into long kebabs on skewers, and grilled — one of the kebabs enjoyed throughout the Middle East. The herby, spiced meat is juicy and eaten with pita and hummus, at home and at stalls alike.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a charcoal-grill restaurant in Beirut, skewers of kafta come off the grill one after another in a cloud of parsley-scented smoke.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Ground beef 500g
Parsley (chopped) 1 bunch
Onion 1
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Salt To taste
Pepper To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Grate the onion and squeeze out some of the liquid.
Knead the ground meat, onion, parsley, and spices together well.
Chill for about 30 minutes.
Press the mixture onto skewers in long shapes.
Grill over charcoal or under a grill until browned.

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