Name: Iraqi Grilled Kebab (Kebab Meshwi)
Yield: Makes 6 kebabs
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: Any kind of bread that can be stuffed or rolled around the kebab; Onion relish, slices of tomato, chopped parsley, leaves of sweet basil (rihaan), and sliced pickles; Optional spices: ½ teaspoon sumac, ½ teaspoon allspice, ½ teaspoon ginger, ¼ teaspoon chili pepper; 1 lb (450 g) ground meat/minced meat (the best is a combination of lamb and beef). If meat is lean, add 2 tablespoons oil.; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon black pepper; ¼ cup (1 oz/30 g) flour or breadcrumbs; 1 small onion, grated

Preparation info

Makes
6
kebabs

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

Let me start by clearing up some of the confusion the name kebab sometimes causes. In Iraq, kebab is seasoned ground/minced meat, skewered and grilled. In other Arab countries, it is called kufta mashwiyya (grilled). The Iraqi tikka is cubed chunks of meat skewered and grilled. This is known as kebab all over the world.

The confusion might be traced back to medieval times when kubab (or kubaab) was used to designate ground meat shaped