Kibbeh (Arabic: ????), (also spelled and pronounced kibbe, kebbah, kubbeh, kubbah or kubbi depending on region, and known in Egypt as kobeiba and in Turkey as içli köfte) is a Levantine dish made of bulgur, minced onions, and finely ground lean beef, lamb, goat, or camel meat with Middle Eastern spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, allspice).
Other types of kibbeh may be shaped into balls or patties, and baked, cooked in broth, or served raw. Kibbeh is considered to be the national dish of many Middle Eastern countries.
Kibbeh is a popular dish in Middle Eastern cuisine. Mainly, it is found in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt (kubbeh, kebbah, or koubeiba), Iraq, as well as Armenia (Keufteh, ltsonvats kololak), Iran, Israel, Cyprus (koupa, plural koupes) and in Turkey it is called içli köfte.
It is also found throughout Latin American countries which received substantial numbers of Levantine immigrants during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Etymology
The word is derived from the Classical Arabic kubbah (kibbeh in North Levantine Arabic), which means "ball". Various transliterations of the name are used in different countries: in English, kibbe and kibbeh and in Latin America, quibe, kibe, or quipe (Argentina).
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Variations
In Levantine cuisine, a variety of dishes made with bulghur (cracked wheat) and minced lamb are called kibbeh. The northern Syrian city of Aleppo (Halab) is famous for having more than 17 different types. These include kibbeh prepared with sumac (kibbe sum?qiyye), yogurt (kibbe labaniyye), quince (kibbe safarjaliyye), lemon juice (kibbe ??m?a), pomegranate sauce, cherry sauce, and other varieties, such as the "disk" kibbeh (kibbe ar??), the "plate" kibbeh (kibbe bi?f??a or kibbe b??niyye) and the raw kibbeh (kibbeh nayyeh).
Kibbeh nayyeh is a raw dish made from a mixture of bulghur, very finely minced lamb or beef similar to steak tartare, and Middle Eastern spices, served on a platter, frequently as part of a meze in Lebanon and Syria, garnished with mint leaves and olive oil, and served with green onions or scallions, green hot peppers, and pita/pocket bread or markouk bread.
Kubba Halab is an Iraqi version of kibbeh created with a rice crust and named after the largest city in Syria, Aleppo. Kubba Mosul, also Iraqi, is flat and round like a disc. Kubbat Shorba is an Iraqi-Kurdish version prepared as a stew, commonly made with tomato sauce and spices. It is often served with arak and various salads. The Iraqi versions are part of the same versions eaten in Iran.
A Syrian soup known as kubbi kishk consists of kubbi "torpedoes" or "footballs" in a yogurt (kishk) and butter broth with stewed cabbage leaves. Another soup, known as kibbeh hamda, consists of a chicken stock with vegetables (usually leeks, celery, turnips and courgettes), lemon juice and garlic, with small kibbeh made with ground rice as dumplings. In the Syrian Jewish diaspora this is popular both at Pesach and as the pre-fast meal on the day before Yom Kippur.
See also
- Food portal
- Middle Eastern and Levantine cuisine
- Arab cuisine
- Armenian cuisine
- Assyrian cuisine
- Cuisine of the Mizrahi Jews
- Egyptian cuisine
- Greek cuisine
- Iranian cuisine
- Iraqi cuisine
- Israeli cuisine
- Jordanian cuisine
- Kurdish cuisine
- Lebanese cuisine
- Syrian cuisine
- Palestinian cuisine
- Turkish cuisine
- Brazilian cuisine
- Cypriot cuisine
- Haitian cuisine
References
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