Bahjat El Sultan

Bahjat El Sultan

Recipe Category Mains Recipe Category
Recipe Prep Time 90 mins
Recipe Serving Size 7

Delicious spiced kabab on a base of Kiri and eggplants

Ingredients

For the Kabab

  • 1kg of meat, cut into medium sized pieces (preferably that the meat is soft)
  • ¼ cup of vegetable oil
  • 2 medium sized onions, softly chopped
  • 2 red tomatoes, peeled and softly chopped
  • 2 cups of water
  • Salt and black pepper, to taste

For the Base

  • 6 Kiri Square Portions
  • 3 grilled eggplants
  • ½ lemon juice
  • 2 tbsps of butter
  • 2 tbsps of flour
  • ½ cup of milk (or more)
  • Salt and black pepper, to taste
  • ¼ cup of pine nuts or chopped parsley, or ¼ cup of pomegranate (for decoration)
Kiri Squares

Cooking steps

Preparing the Kabab

  1. Add a big spoon of oil in a big pan
  2. Add the meat
  3. Stir well till its color changes
  4. Keep the meat aside for a while
  5. Add the onions to the pan and stir well until it gets tender
  6. Add the peppers and stir
  7. Add the tomatoes
  8. Add the 2 cups of water
  9. Add the salt and the black pepper
  10. Return the meat to the pan and cover it
  11. Cook the meat for around an hour or till it is well cooked and is soft

Preparing Bahjat El Sultan

  1. Mash the grilled eggplants in a saucepan by a fork
  2. Add lemon juice
  3. Melt the butter in a another saucepan
  4. Add the flour and stir for a minute
  5. Add the milk and stir gradually using a whisk
  6. Still quickly so the mix do not lump
  7. Add the kiri cheese pieces when the mix is dense and stir
  8. Add the eggplants and stir for the last time
  9. Add the salt and the black pepper
  10. Pour the mix in the serving dish
  11. Put the kabab in the middle of the dish
  12. Decorate the dish with chopped parsley, pine nuts, and pomegranate. It is served hot with the salad

Cooking steps

Bahjat El Sultan