İSLİM KEBABI

EGGPLANT WRAPPED MEATBALLS


Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

• 4 baby eggplants

• 3 tomatoes
• 2 green pepper
• 1 cup of vegetable oil
  
• 1 tbsp of tomato paste
• 1 cup of boiling water
  

Meatball:

• 1 pound ground meat
• 1 tbsp of onion powder ( or 1/2 finely chopped onion )
• 1 tsp of garlic powder ( or 4 cloves of minced garlic )
  
• 1/2 tsp of black pepper
• 1 tsp of ground red pepper
• 1/3 tsp of baking soda
  
• salt

Take ground lamb, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, red pepper, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl and knead it until well combined. Cover with stretch film and let it rest for 4-5 hours in the refrigerator. At the end of resting time, take the mixture out and knead it one more time. Divide the mixture into 18 equal parts and make small meatballs. Turn the broiler on high and lightly broil the meatballs.


Wash eggplants and dry. Peel both sides of eggplants lengthwise. Slice them lengthwise in thin strips.Take 1 cup of vegetable oil in a pot over high heat. Fry the eggplants turning occasionally.Place a paper towel on a large serving dish and take eggplants onto the paper towel. This way paper towel absorbs excessive oil.
(I prefer not to fry eggplants, just brush both sides of eggplant slices with vegetable oil and broil until the eggplants are soft and light brown. )
Wash tomatoes and peppers. Slice the tomatoes. Cut the peppers. After both meatball and eggplant slices are cool, take one slice of eggplant and place one meatball in the middle. Wrap eggplant slice around the meatballs.








Place one slice of tomato and pepper on top of wrapped meatball and secure them with a toothpick. Repeat this steps for all the meatballs. Place all of the wrapped meatballs in a baking dish. Take 1 tbsp of tomato paste and 1 cup of boiling water in a mixing bowl and whisk. Pour it in from the edges of baking dish. Preheat oven to 450F and bake until the tomato slices are soft. I prefer to broil it for 2-3 minutes at the end of baking time.

PATLICAN KEBABI

EGGPLANT KEBAB

Serves 6

Ingredients:

• 6 Japanese eggplants
• 2 large size of tomatoes
  
• 1 pound ground lamb ( or ground beef )
• 1 tbsp of onion powder ( or 1 small finely chopped onion )
  
• 1 tsp of garlic powder (or 5 cloves of finely chopped garlic )
  
• 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper
• 1 tsp of ground red pepper
  
• 1/3 tsp of baking soda
  
• salt

Take ground lamb, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, red pepper, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl and knead it until well combined. Cover with stretch film and let it rest for 4-5 hours in the refrigerator. At the end of resting time, take the mixing out and knead it one more time. Take small part of mixing ( about the size of pecan) and make small meatballs.
Wash and cut the end of eggplants. Slice them into 1-inch thick rounds.
In an 11-inch round baking dish, place one eggplant slice and then one meatball side by side until the dish is filled, starting from outer side of the dish.
Place tomato slices on to kebab. Preheat the oven 450F and bake it for 45 minutes or eggplants are tender.

ORMAN KEBABI

FOREST KEBAB

Ingredients:

• 1 lb beef cubes
• 1 large onion ( chopped )
  
• 2 carrots ( peeled and cubed )
  
• 2 small size of golden potatoes (peeled and cubed )
  
• 1/2 cup of peas
• 1 tbsp of red pepper paste
• 2 tbsp of vegetable oil
• 1/4 cups of water
  
• 1/2 tsp of ground thyme
• salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven 400F. Take vegetable oil and ground beef in a large skillet.Cook until it absorbs its juice add chopped onion into the skillet. Stir and saute it for another 5 minutes. Turn the heat off and let it cool Take carrots, potatoes, peas, cooked beef&onion, red pepper paste, ground thyme, water, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Mix it with your hands. Take the mixing 13 17-inch rectangular baking dish. Cover the dish first parchment paper then aluminum folio. Bake it for 50 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
Serve it with rice and yogurt.

KİLİS TAVA

TRAY KEBAB

Kilis is a city in Turkey which is my hometown and this kebab is one of its delicious dishes.

Ingredients:

• 3 pounds of ground lamb ( or ground beef )
  
• 3 medium size of onions
• 12 cloves of garlic
• 1 tbs of tomato paste
• 1tbs of red pepper paste
• 1 tsp of black pepper
• salt

for the bottom:

• 4 medium size of potatoes ( thinly sliced )
  

Preheat the oven to 400 F.
Place sliced potatoes on a 13"18" inch tray no space between them .
Chop onions and mash garlic. Take them in a big mixing bowl. Put all of the other ingredients into this bowl and knead them until well combine. Take this mixing on top of the potatoes and cover the surface with this mixing pressing gently.
Bake it for 40 minutes.


Tips:

• You can use eggplants instead of potatoes for the bottom.
• You should slice thinly either potatoes or eggplants otherwise it might not cook.