page_title: Middle Eastern cuisine
section_title: Meat
hierarchical_section_title: Middle Eastern cuisine / Elements / Meat
caption_attribution_description: English: Making the popular Persian cuisine Kabab Koobideh / Koubideh فارسی: INFO. IN PERSIAN: تهیه کباب کوبیده - غدای محبوب ایرانی - روی زغال
context_page_description: Middle Eastern cuisine includes Arab, Iranian, Israeli, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Georgian, Kurdish, Cypriot and Turkish cuisines. In 2017, Middle Eastern cuisine was reportedly one of the most popular and fastest-growing ethnic cuisines in the US. Common ingredients include olives and olive oil, pitas, honey, sesame seeds, dates, sumac, chickpeas, mint, rice and parsley, and popular dishes include kebabs, dolma, falafel, baklava, yogurt, doner kebab, shawarma and mulukhiyah.
context_section_description: Lamb and mutton are favored meats, since Pork is prohibited by Islam and Judaism. Grilled meats (kebabs) are  popular, with many regional varieties. The most common is cubed lamb on skewers (shish kebab), and chicken may also be grilled in the same fashion. Another common variety is kofta kebab, made from ground meat mixed with onions and spices, shaped around the skewer like a sausage and grilled. Kebabs are typically a street (or restaurant) food, served with bread, salad and pickles, and is not usually prepared at home.
  Meat-and-vegetable stews are served with rice, bulgur, or bread. Kibbeh is a pie (or dumpling) made with meat and cereal. The most common are made with ground meat (typically lamb) and burghul, worked together into a dough and stuffed with minced meat which has been fried with onion, herbs and (sometimes) pine nuts or almonds and raisins. It is prepared as individual small dumplings (usually shaped like a torpedo) or sliced like a cake and baked on an oven tray with the stuffing between two layers of dough. One variation is kibbeh naye, made by pounding raw meat and burghul with seasonings and served with lemon juice and chili sauce for dipping.
caption: Kebab koobideh
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