Rice and grains
Fried Pumpkin Kibbeh
A pumpkin kibbeh recipe that’s superb in form and flavor. Try it Shaw Tabkhin Today’s way and share your thoughts in the comments.
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Ingredients
- :Dough
- 1 cup fine semolina
- 1/2 cup kammouna*
- 1/2 kilo pumpkin, peeled, boiled and drained
- Salt
- 3 tablespoons flour (or as needed)
- :Filling
- Onion wedges
- Spinach
- Vegetable oil
- Sumac
- Black pepper
- Walnuts
- Grated pumpkin
- Kammouna:
- Fine bulgur
- Fresh mint
- Green onion
- Marjoram
- Dibs hurr (thick molasses)
- Whole cumin seeds
- Small cinnamon stick
Method
- Peel and cut the pumpkin into small pieces and boil for about ten minutes.
- Drain the boiled pumpkin in a sieve and leave it until the next day to dry completely.
- Soak bulgur in pumpkin water for an hour with the kamouna
- Grind the bulgur until smooth, then add the pumpkin and grind... add flour and salt as needed...
- Shape the kibbeh and leave the head open...
- Heat oil until hot and fry the pumpkin kibbeh...
- Drain the fried kibbeh on kitchen paper, then stuff with the onion filling






