Category Archives: kibbe

Pumpkin kibbeh balls (Kibbeh la’teen)

These vegan kibbeh balls are made with pumpkin and bulgur and stuffed with chard, onions and walnuts. They were traditionally prepared for fasting days. These vegetarian kibbeh are also called tricky or lying kibbeh (kibbeh heeleh or kazzabeh ) because they are supposed to look like the meat kibbeh but do not contain any meat. [...]
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Keshek soup

Keshek is a very traditional food made every year by Lebanese villagers with bulgur and milk (either cow’s or goat’s) at the end of summer as part of  winter’s provisions. Coarse bulgur is rubbed  with milk and left to ferment a few days; it is then placed on the  rooftop (traditional homes are built with [...]
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Mosul kibbeh

Making kibbeh may seem like an exclusively  Lebanese tradition, but the fact is that it is also practiced elsewhere~ Here is a version from Mosul, Iraq (birthplace of the famed Iraqi singer, Kazem al-Saher), courtesy of the fascinating Nawal Nasrallah’s Delights from the Garden of Eden. In her version, the kibbeh is baked rather than [...]
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