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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr

Appears in
Classic Palestinian Cuisine: 25th Anniversary Edition

By Christiane Dabdoub Nasser

Published 2026

  • About

From the cafés you can smell the charcoal scent of cooking kebabs and the hot, sweet odour of Turkish coffee.

William Dalrymple, From the Holy Mountain

The best cut for lamb kebabs is the loin or the leg. Ultimately, however, you must rely on your butcher who will be the authority on the quality and age of the lamb he sells. Palestinian butchers will avoid trimming fat from the meat and, if you are not fastidious ab