Kebab is a widely available food in Iraq and in general street food. It is prepared from minced lamb. In some places, lamb and beef are minced with fat using grilled skewers and grilled over charcoal or wood. In many countries, kebabs are called "grills". The origin of kebab is an Aramaic word. The origin of kebabs goes back to the famous Aleppo kitchen, where the people of Aleppo were the first to prepare kebabs. History records the people of Aleppo's fondness for many types of grills and their uniqueness with the types of luxurious kebabs that have spread in many countries. It has its own flavor in Iranian street food, for example, saffron is added to lamb and beef before grilling over charcoal. The varieties and seasoning methods of Turkish street food differ from city to city. There is Orfali kebab in Urfa, Antakya kebab in Antakya, and Sultani kebab in Istanbul street food. Kebab in Syria in general and in Aleppo in particular is distinguished by its unique taste due to the quality of the luxurious Syrian lamb with a distinctive taste and because of the good pasture where the city of Al-Bab in Aleppo and the city is famous for its fertile pastures that produce sheep and cows with luxurious meat, where the meat of these sheep forms the backbone of most dishes In the Halabi kitchen, including the famous Aleppo kebab, where the people of Aleppo prepare it in many ways, either without additives. And the mint and the mixture is destroyed and it is called kebab al-khakhsh. Kebabs are spread in various countries of the world, especially in the Middle East countries such as Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Lebanon, Palestine and Afghanistan
The name kebab comes from the ancient Syrian Aramaic word "kababu", which means burning and charring. In the 14th century, the word was used to denote the method of grilling ground meat spherically in street food. The word shish kebab also refers to grilled cuts of meat that are grilled on a skewer (shish means skewer). In the Western world, the word is used to denote barbecue on skewers in street food, such as veggie kabob, which is a grilled vegetable, or corn-chicken kabob, which is minced chicken skewers topped with sweetened cornmeal that is grilled in street food.
mix it up
The mixture of kebabs in street food varies from country to country. In North American street food, roast lamb is covered in a sugary nutty sauce. In street food Greece and Turkey, kebabs are seasoned only with pepper and salt. In the street food of Lebanon, lightly greased lamb is purified to give it a special flavor and mixed with the meat. The Syrian street food is famous for the Aleppo kebab, which is very popular in many countries. The city of Aleppo is characterized by the types of Aleppo kebabs that are more and more diverse, and have their own mixture and distinctive delicious taste.
its types
Kebab or kofta, which is minced lamb meat with spices and some vegetables such as parsley and onions. In Lebanon, veal is mixed with lamb to impart a distinct creamy flavour.
Shish kebabs are meat cubes stacked on a skewer and grilled over charcoal. Vegetables such as onions, peppers or zucchini can be added. In Syria and Palestine (disambiguation) pieces of fat are added from the tail of the sheep (the game)
Vegetable kebab: It is a street food grill to cut vegetables such as zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, onions and peppers of all kinds, red, yellow and green.
Orfali grilled meat kebab with eggplant.
Aleppo kebab. And parsley and garlic can be added to the mixture of minced meat for kebab, and it is called - in Aleppo - “kebab”.
In Iran and Iraq street food, parsley is not added to the mixture.
Sometimes sumac is sprinkled over kebabs, as in Syria and the streets of Iraq.
Nutritional information for kebab kofta
Kofta Kebab is prepared with meat, onions, chili paste, salt, cornbread and parsley. Yogurt and mashed tomatoes are used to prepare the sauce. According to the Shahiya website, a kebab meal contains approximately 150 grams of the following nutritional information