Vegetarian mains
ChefLoubna Fawaz
Special Pumpkin Kibbeh
A vegetarian pumpkin kibbeh filled with spinach, chickpeas, pomegranate, and walnuts too! An irresistible recipe you have to try. You can bake or fry the kibbeh, as you like.
Pumpkin kibbeh, a very elegant and delicious homemade recipe
Ingredients
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- 2 cups pumpkin, peeled and cut or grated
- 1/4 tablespoon turmeric or ground saffron
- 1 cup fine white bulgur
- 3/4 cup fine samolina, or 1/2 cup semolina and 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- Filling
- vegetable oil
- 2 cups spinach, chopped
- 2 medium onions
- 1/4 cup hot pepper, chopped - optional
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 1 cup cooked chickpeas
- 1/2 cup chopped coriander
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds or 1/4 cup pomegranate molasses
- pepper
- salt
- sumac
- ground cumin
- ground dried lime or fine loomi
Method
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- Cut the pumpkin, add the turmeric, and boil until tender
- Drain it, then immediately add the bulgur, fine semolina, and salt while it is hot, and knead to get a dough similar to kibbeh meat dough
- Cover the dough and let it cool
- Prepare the filling... sauté the chopped onion in a little vegetable oil until softened
- Add the chopped, washed, and drained spinach and stir. You can add chopped hot pepper at this stage if you want a spicy filling, then keep stirring until the vegetables are cooked
- Add the chopped walnuts, cooked and drained chickpeas, finely chopped coriander, and pomegranate, and stir...
- Finally, add a pinch of pepper, salt, sumac, and loomi, stir, and turn off the heat
- Let the filling cool before using
- Shape the pumpkin kibbeh into patties, then fry or bake as desired
- Also from the very delicious vegetarian kibbeh recipes you should try Potato Kibbeh Tray Bake
Recipe tags
Vegetarian mainsLevantVegetarianDairy free
Notes and serving ideas
- Potato Kibbeh Tray Bake
- Cracked Lentil Kibbeh
