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Kabab Hosseini کباب حسینی

Small skewers of meat, onion, tomato and pepper that are braised in tomato sauce in a pot rather than grilled.

⏱ 120 min

Ingredients

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  • 1200 g lamb or beef fillet
  • 4 onions
  • 4 green peppers
  • 6 tomatoes
  • 4 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tsp turmeric
  • 2 tsp saffron threads, ground and dissolved in 4 tbsp hot water
  • 8 tbsp oil
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)

Method

  1. Cut the meat, onions, peppers and tomatoes into pieces and thread alternately onto short wooden skewers.
  2. Brown the skewers all over in the oil.
  3. Stir the tomato paste with turmeric and 300 ml water, pour over the skewers and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Braise covered over low heat for 1½ hours, adding the saffron at the end. Serve with rice or bread.