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KIFTAH BI TAHINI SAUCE (MEATBALLS)


Category: Main Dish - (616)
Origin: Palestine
Source: Palestine in a dish


Kiftah is more like the Arabic version of meatballs, which consists of ground lamb or beef mixed with finely chopped parsley, garlic, onions, and some spices.

Ingredients:
- 1 pound ground beef or (half beef and half lamb)
- 1 bunch of parsley finely chopped
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- salt and pepper
- 3-4 small Yukon potatoes

TAHINI SAUCE

- ½ cup of tahini
- 1 cup of water
- 2 cloves garlic
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- salt
Preparation:
- Mix the meat well with finely chopped parsley, onions, allspice, salt, and pepper. Shape the meat into either balls or oval shapes and place them in a baking pot.
- Peel and slice potatoes following the same shape order of the meat and place over the meat in the same baking pot.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees, cover the pot and bake for about 30 minutes and until the meat and potatoes are cooked.
- Prepare the tahini sauce which includes tahini, water, lemon juice, salt, and garlic. Mix everything well in a blender.
- Once the pot is ready, take it out of the oven, (if the pot has so much water as a residue from baking take most of that water out before pouring the tahini sauce).
- Pour tahini sauce and place the tray back in the oven for another 15-20 minutes uncovered.

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