Kebab is basically a kind of middle eastern meatball that is grilled or baked around a stick, or shaped kind of like a sausage without the skin.  It’s usually made of lamb or beef, but some prefer to use chicken, pork, goat, or other meat.  You can serve it with whatever kind of sauce you like, but it’s great with tahini (also called tehina) and hummus.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg. ground beef or lamb
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs or cooked millet or rice
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley or mint or a mixture
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• the juice of half a lemon
• 1 teaspoon gray salt
• a dash of black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon coriander
• 1/8 teaspoon fenugreek
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• a slight pinch of clove
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or animal fat
• 1 bay leaf

Instructions:

1. Preheat your oven to about 400 F or 200 C.
2. Mash everything except the oil and bay leaf together with your fingers.
3. Grease the pan with the fat, and break the bay leaf into pieces, and spread them around in the pan.  Don’t forget to pick the pieces off after.
4. Form the meat mixture into balls or sausage shapes, and arrange them on the pan.  If you like, for fun’s sake, you can form them around popsicle sticks or skewers.
5. Bake for about half an hour or until nicely browned to your liking.

Serve with pita bread and/or vegetables.