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Arayes kafta are quick and easy Lebanese sandwiches which consist of fresh kafta spread thin into pita bread and baked until crispy. This cheesy spin to arayes adds a delightful combination of salty akawi cheese and mozzarella to elevate these sandwiches to the next level. Lunch is the biggest meal of the day here, with a small light meal at dinner time. Kafta is ground meat kebab that is very popular in the Middle East, often grilled over hot coals on flat metal skewers with tomatoes and onions.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook lebanese arayess kafta - a quick and easy tasty lunch using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lebanese Arayess Kafta - A quick and easy tasty lunch:
- Prepare 500 g beef mince (can also do half beef half lamb)
- Take 1 big onion (or 2 medium)
- Make ready Handful parsley
- Make ready ~4 flatbreads
- Make ready Spices
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- Get 1/2 teaspoon lebanese seven spices (optional but adds a good taste)
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Take Pinch cumin (optional)
- Prepare Optional topping
- Get Cheese
Dice the onions and the parsley. Stuff the meat in the mini Arabic bread. In Lebanon, we know it as kafta, but in other parts of the Middle-East, it is more known as kofta. In a large bowl, add in the minced lamb, with the chopped onion and tomato, crushed garlic, salt, spice mix, parsley, lemon juice and toasted pine nuts and mix well.
Steps to make Lebanese Arayess Kafta - A quick and easy tasty lunch:
- Finely chop the onion and the parsley. (If you do it in a food processor don’t over pulse. You don’t want to turn them into juice!)
- Add the finely chopped onion and parsley with all the mentioned spices to the meat and mix with your hand.
- Spread one tablespoon of the mixture on your flat bread (i have the Lebanese flatbread). Add cheese if you want
- If your bread is fresh it’ll be easy to put the meat between the two layers, if not then just close it like a D shape
- Cut the flatbread into slices like a pizza
- Now in a flat pan add a tablespoon of oil and start pan frying the meat bread for almost 3 to 4 minutes on each side so the meat is cooked and the bread is crispy. It’s a thin layer of meat so it’ll be cooked quickly. (Leave it a bit longer if you feel skeptical)
- Serve with natural yogurt on the side and enjoy!
- You can also grill it in the over or on a bbq which will give it an amazing smoky taste!
In Lebanon, we know it as kafta, but in other parts of the Middle-East, it is more known as kofta. In a large bowl, add in the minced lamb, with the chopped onion and tomato, crushed garlic, salt, spice mix, parsley, lemon juice and toasted pine nuts and mix well. If using wooden skewers, soak in water. In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef, onion, parsley, cayenne, allspice, salt and pepper until evenly blended. Paratha is similar to Lebanese Arayes.
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