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Grilled Lamb Kebab with Turmeric and Cinnamon
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Grilled Lamb Kebab with Turmeric and Cinnamon

Fragrant lamb kebab grilled over fire with traditional Middle Eastern seasoning

⏱ 40 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Squeeze the onion dry in a clean cloth.
    Kitchen towel
  2. 2
    Mix the ground meat with the onion, garlic, parsley, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
  3. 3
    With hands greased with the olive oil, shape the mixture into long logs around skewers.
    Skewers
  4. 4
    Heat a grill until searing hot.
    Charcoal grillorGas grill
  5. 5
    Grill the kebabs about 4 minutes per side, until they are browned outside and done to your liking.
    Tongs
    💡Don't press the meat or flip it more than once: the juices run out and the meat dries out. It releases from the grate once the underside is browned.
  6. 6
    Serve with pita bread, salad and tahini.
507calories
26 gprotein
4 gcarbs
42 gfat
● protein 21%● carbs 3%● fat 76%

Per serving (196 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4)

  • Kitchen towel · Also works: Plastic wrap (Plastic wrap over the bowl) · Paper towels (None)
  • Skewers · Also works: Grill basket (Grill basket) · Toothpick (For small bites)
  • Tongs · Also works: Turner (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Pierces the meat)
  • Charcoal grill or Gas grill · one of them

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