
Everyday meals
Kebbeh bil laban (kibbeh bi laban)
Bulgur dumplings filled with lamb or beef, poached in a yoghurt sauce thickened with flour and flavoured with mint. An everyday dish in Lebanese families, it is eaten with white rice.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Sauce
Farce
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Instructions
- Rinse the bulgur, drain it and knead it with the meat, salt and spices until you have a smooth dough.
- Fry the chopped onion in the oil for 5 minutes, add the minced meat and brown it for 5 minutes, crumbling it as it cooks.
- Shape oval dumplings from the bulgur dough, make a small hole in each to slip in the meat filling, then seal them.
- In a saucepan, whisk the yoghurt with the flour, the egg and 1 litre of cold water until you have a smooth sauce.
- Bring the sauce to a simmer, stirring constantly, then add the dumplings with the chopped mint.
- Cook over low heat for 30 minutes without boiling hard, stirring gently so the yoghurt doesn't split.
- Check that the dumplings are cooked, adjust the salt and serve with white rice.
Variations and tips
Vegetarian. Replace the meat with cooked lentils mashed with caramelised onions.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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