Persian cooking: recipes · Kebab: grilled dishes

Kabab Barg کباب برگ

Fine skewer of thinly pounded lamb or beef fillet, marinated with onion and saffron.

⏱ 60 min

Ingredients

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  • 1000 g lamb or beef fillet
  • 2½ onions
  • 3¾ tbsp oil
  • 2½ tbsp saffron threads, ground and dissolved in 4 tbsp hot water
  • 38 g butter
  • 5 tomatoes
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)

Method

  1. Cut the fillet into long 2 cm strips and pound thin with a meat mallet.
  2. Marinate overnight with grated onion, oil, pepper and half the saffron.
  3. Thread onto wide skewers and grill hot and fast for 2–3 minutes per side, salt only afterwards and brush with saffron butter.
  4. Serve with saffron rice, grilled tomatoes and sumac.