Ground Meat With Tahini Sauce- كفته بالطحينه

Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://mimicooks.com/2008/09/kufta-bil-tahini-ground-meat-with.html

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: Mimi Cooks

Ingredients

1/2 KG fine ground meat (Beef or Lamb)

1/2 cup chopped parsley

2 mediums diced onions

Salt to taste, Black Pepper and Allspice

1/4 cup cooking oil

cup sesame paste (tahini)

cup lemon juice

cup water

Preparation

Mix the meat with fine cut parsley and diced onions

Add your seasoning- Salt, Black pepper and Allspice

Shape into Kababs, the size of a small egg and place into a large pan

Add cooking oil and lightly fry the Kufta on the stove top to hold its shape

To prepare the Tahini sauce: Mix tahina and lemon juice together well until it forms a smooth paste.

Slowly add the water while stirring to keep the mixture smooth.

Pour sauce over kofta.

Cook on the stove top covered at a low-medium heat until the water has boil away to form a semi-thick sauce in the bottom of the pan (about 30 Minutes).

Brown the top under the broiler

Serve with Pita bread or white rice on the side

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Comments

Permalink Mateja ^_^
November 20, 2010

I like my kufta with rice, yum ^_^

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This is an easy and tasty recipe for "Kufta" with Tahini Sauce. Kufta is ground meat mixed with Oniions, Parsley and Spices. Tahini sauce is cooked in this recipe, it might be a strange recipe but the results are very good. Usually the Tahini is mixed with lemon juice and water to thin it out before adding to the meat.