Kibbeh Recipe

Steps To Prepare

• STEP 1.Add 1/4 cup of water to the wheat berry in a giant bowl (just enough to soak however not to submerge).

• STEP 1.Rest the wheat berry for ten to fifteen minutes.

• STEP 2.Dice 1/2 of the onion.

• STEP 3.Stir in flavourer, 1/2 tsp cumin, and salt into the wheat berry. Add 1/2 of the onion to the bowl.

• STEP 4.Transfer the mixture to a grinder and grind the ingredients.

• STEP 5.Add (7 oz) beef to the mixture and stir completely. Cover the bowl and put in an icebox for twenty minutes.

Cooking Directions

• STEP 1.For the filling, fry 1/2 of the diced onion in oil. Mash garlic into the pot.

• STEP 6.Stir in flavourer (advieh), black pepper, a pinch of ground cumin, and pine nuts into the pot.

• STEP 7.Stir in the beef and add salt if as per taste. Continue cooking for ten minutes or till the meat becomes brown.

• STEP 8.Stir in dried mint. Take out the wheat berry mixture from the icebox.

• STEP 9.Take a tbsp or 2 of the wheat berry mixture. Form a hollow/cup and stuff with the filling.

• STEP 10.Deep fry the kibbeh in oil. Place the cooked kibbeh over a napkin to absorb excessive oil. Serve hot with sauce.