Kibbeh

Hi Kris

No ME roots, but I am a demon recipe finder. Have a look at http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=60408&pid=830192&st=0&#entry830192

About 2/3 of the way down there's detailed instructions and pix. I'm guessing you can sort out your own vegetarian filling.

I've also seen kibbeh spelt kibbee and koobee.

Thanks Hinge! It can be spelled more ways than those!

er, sumac I have (oddly enough), but not the lebanese spice mix..... maybe I can look that up. There was a website with a cookbook of "grandma's" recipes and they also sold mixes there.

I think you mean " kebab or kebob", because I've never heard of "kibbeh".

http://users2.ev1.net/~cully/vegrecipes/chickpeake.htm
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Indian Shami Kebab
Ingredients (use vegan versions):

* 500 grams soya mince
* 1/2 litre veg. broth
* 1/2 in. piece ginger
* 6 cloves garlic
* 2 teaspoons Garam Masala / Curry Powder
* 1 teaspoon chilli powder
* 15 mint leaves
* salt to taste
* oil for frying

Directions:

Boil the mince in the broth, till dry. Make a paste of all other ingredients and add to the mince. Mix well. Make into patties of 2 in. diameter and deep fry till golden in color. Serve hot with chutney or tomato ketchup

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 30 mins.
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Chick pea kebab

Take
250 gm split Bengal gram or chick pea.
Boil it till just tender. Cool and mash it.

Add
1 tsp chili powder,
1/2 tsp cumin powder,
1/2 tsp coriander powder,
1/2 tsp garam masala and
1 tsp lime juice.

Add
1 tsp ginger garlic paste,
2 tsp corn flour.
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves,
1 tsp chopped mint leaves and
salt to taste.
Make small patties out of this dough and shallow fry till brown on both sides.
Green chili sauce

2 1/2 cups coriander leaves
1 1/2 cup mint leaves
6-8 green chilies 1 tsp salt
1 tsp lemon juice
water as required
Grind all the ingredients together adding 2-3 tbsp of water to get the desired consistency.


http://www.netcooks.com/recipes/Sandwiches/Doner.Kebab.html
Doner Kebab
Turkish Recipe
2 1/2 - 3 lb. leg of lamb, boned and cut in slices
1 Tbls. black pepper
3 lbs. ground lamb
Lamb fat
1 egg
2-3 Tbls. salt
onions, processed until a liquid-3 cups
1 cup olive oil
1 large tomato


This kebab is difficult to make at home, but I had to put it in. It is so popular in Turkey, as a sandwich, with pide cubes, a tomato sauce and yogurt (Iskender), or just plain with pilaf.

Remove any bits of skin and bone from the meat. Cut into serving-size slices, about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Pound with a meat tenderizer or the edge of a heavy saucepan until 1/8 cm. thick. Trim.
Prepare a marinade of onion juice, olive oil, salt and pepper, and soak meat in the marinade overnight.
Spread over each piece of meat the lamb fat, and ground lamb mixed with an egg. Thread pieces of meat on a long skewer, starting with the larger pieces. Trim the chunk of meat on the skewer and add trimmings to the end of skewer. The tomato is put on the skewer whole at the end. The chunk of meat is broiled in the 'Doner Kebab' broiler, made specially for the purpose. The electric rotisseries they are selling today work well.
As the meat turns on the spit and is cooked, it is sliced off the sides with a sharp knife.
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Spicy Lamb Kebab lamb chop
Nick Nairn
by Nick Nairn
from Ready Steady Cook

Serves 1

Preparation time
less than 30 mins

Cooking time less than 10 mins
Quick Recipe


Ingredients
1 lamb chump chop, boned
3 spring onions, trimmed
2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
1 tsp chilli flakes
1 tsp curry powder
30g/1oz fresh coriander
1 egg, yolk only
1 lime, quartered

Method
1. Preheat the griddle pan.
2. Place all the ingredients, except the lime, in a food processor. Blitz to a mince and combine.
3. Remove the mince from the food processor and mould into a long sausage. Push a soaked wooden skewer through the centre of the sausage.
4. Place the kebab sausage in the griddle pan. Griddle 8 minutes, turning half way through the cooking time.
5. Remove the kebab from the heat. Place on a plate with the lime quarters and serve.
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Honestly, I think vegetarian kebab isn't kebab, I mean, kebab orginally means pieces of seasoned meat and sometimes vegetables roasted on skewers . Usually served with bread, it's a common in muslim countries and muslim communities in Europe.

So vegetarian kebab can be anything, a toasted bread with jelly or peanut butter, or vegetable with salad dressing in a bread , or vegan hamburger or vegetarian hot dog can all be called kebab.

Though kebab is a little bit expensive to me( from 1.5-5 Euro on the street), I would still give in (reluctantly) for the enjoyment of a kebab from time to time before I became a vegetarian.

Wow, those recipes sound interesting! But, alas, I wasn't thinking of kebabs..... Thanks, I may try that vegie one some day.