Saffron Beef Kebabs with Grilled Sumac Tomatoes

Name: Saffron Beef Kebabs with Grilled Sumac Tomatoes (Kabab Barg)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Iran
Ingredients: Olive oil; 1 teaspoon sumac; Generous pinch of saffron; 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) sirloin steak; 1 small onion, roughly chopped; 4 garlic cloves, peeled; 1 teaspoon fine sea salt; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; Juice of a lime; 4 ripe tomatoes, halved

Kabab Barg

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Nutmeg Trail

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2022

About

Opulent ingredients need only simple preparation. Here fine beef steak is marinated in saffron and its bitter-honeyed notes come through distinctly. The other spice at play is ground sumac berries, whose mouth-puckering, sour earthiness marries well with tomatoes.

Ingredients

Generous pinch of saffron
1 kg (2 lb 4

Asia
Iran
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Soak the saffron in a tablespoon of hot water whilst you prepare the beef. Trim any excess fat from the steak and cut into 2.5 cm (1 inch) cubes.

Put the onion, garlic, salt, pepper and lime juice in a blender. Add the saffron with its soaking liquid and blitz to a paste. Scrape this marina