🇸🇾 Syria
Kabab Hindi
Syria's saucy answer: kafta fingers simmered in tomato with a whisper of cherry sourness in Aleppo.
🔪 Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 30 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Simmered in tomato sauce (or famously with sour cherries — kabab karaz) rather than grilled dry.
Ingredients
- 700 gground lamb
- 1 onion
- 1½ tspseven-spice
- 600 mltomato passata
- 1 tbsppomegranate molasses
- 30 gpine nuts
Method
- 1
Shape the seasoned meat into little fingers and sear.
- 2
Simmer the passata with molasses, salt, and pepper.
- 3
Nestle the kafta into the sauce and simmer 20 minutes.
- 4
Top with toasted pine nuts; serve with rice or bread.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4