World Flavors Cookbook

Dawood Basha (Meatballs in Tomato Sauce)

Name: Dawood Basha (Meatballs in Tomato Sauce)
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Lebanon
Ingredients: 500g ground beef or lamb, 1 onion, parsley, 1 tsp 7-spice. Sauce: 1 onion (sliced), tomato sauce, 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses, pine nuts.

Juicy meatballs (kafta) simmered in a rich tomato and pomegranate molasses sauce, topped with toasted pine nuts.

Cuisine: Lebanon

Ingredients

500g ground beef or lamb, 1 onion, parsley, 1 tsp 7-spice. Sauce: 1 onion (sliced), tomato sauce, 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses, pine nuts.

Instructions

Make meatballs with the meat, onion, and parsley. Brown them in a pan. Separately sauté the sliced onion, then add tomato sauce and molasses. Add the meatballs back to the sauce and simmer for 15 minutes. Garnish with toasted pine nuts and serve with rice.