Lula Kebab

⏳ Time

40 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

A classic recipe, nothing unnecessary: lamb, onion, tail fat, coriander, and cumin. It’s better to chop the meat for lula kebab with a knife rather than grinding it in a meat grinder.

Ingredients

Lamb - 2 lbs
Onion - 11.6 oz
Fat Tail Fat - 11.6 oz
Ground coriander - 1 tablespoon
Black Cumin (Cumin) - 1 tablespoon
Ground Black Pepper - ½ spoons
Salt - 1 tablespoon

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Chop the meat into mince – ideally, this should be done with a knife. If you use a meat grinder, it won't be a mistake, but chopped mince is always tastier and juicier.

Step 2

Finely chop the onion and tail fat.

Step 3

Grind the spices in a mortar, then place them in a bowl with the onion and mix, being careful not to crush the onion. Next, add the finely chopped tail fat and mix thoroughly again, ensuring that the pieces of tail fat are evenly distributed throughout the filling, rather than clumped together.

Step 4

Add the onion with the tail fat and spices to the minced meat and knead it like dough until smooth and elastic. The success of the entire process depends on how thoroughly this step is performed. Well-kneaded minced meat will not crack or slip off the skewer. You can even place the minced meat in a cotton bag and pound it against the floor with force. To check if the minced meat is ready, shape it into a long patty, similar to a kebab, and hold it in the air—it should not tear and must hold its weight.

Step 5

Divide the minced meat into patties of about 150 grams each. Take a dry skewer and, wetting your hands with water, thread the patties onto the skewer. Squeezing the meat with your hands to remove all the air, shape them into long, firm kebabs.

Step 6

The most critical moment is grilling on the skewers. If the minced meat isn’t well pounded and securely packed, it may slip off the skewer into the coals. Therefore, if you are making a large batch, it’s a good idea to first grill one test kebab to see how it holds up. If it turns out well, you can place the rest on the grill and cook until they develop a nice brown crust.