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Imbatan

Name: Imbatan
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Libya
Ingredients: 3 (large) Potato; 250g Ground Beef; 1/2 Onion; 1/2 bunch Parsley; 2 Egg; To taste Breadcrumbs; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; A pinch Cinnamon powder; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Oil for frying; 1 Lemon

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⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Ground meat sandwiched between potato slices, breaded, and fried — a Libyan Ramadan fritter.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Imbatan is a fried dish essential at the Libyan Ramadan evening meal: ground meat mixed with parsley and spices is sandwiched between two potato slices, coated in beaten egg and breadcrumbs, and fried. Crisp outside and fluffy inside, it's served with sharba (soup).

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Ramadan evening in Libya, freshly fried round potato sandwiches are laid on a rack in the kitchen as everyone waits for the fast to end.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 3 (large)
Ground Beef 250g
Onion 1/2
Parsley 1/2 bunch
Egg 2
Breadcrumbs To taste
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder A pinch
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Oil for frying To taste
Lemon 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Slice the potatoes into 5mm rounds and pair them up.
Mix the ground meat, chopped onion and parsley, spices, salt, and pepper.
Sandwich filling between two potato slices and press firmly.
Coat in beaten egg, then breadcrumbs.
Fry in 170°C oil for 6–7 minutes until the potato is cooked, and serve with lemon.

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