Kubideh & Kookoo Sabzi Sandwich


    Barbari Bread
  • Yields: approximately 40 servings

    • Kubideh

  • Yields: approximately 40 servings

Ingredients

Barbari Bread
Bread:
  • 13 cups flour
  • 6 cups water
  • 3 T active dry yeast
  • 4 t baking powder
  • 4 t salt
  • black or white sesame seeds, poppy seeds, or nigella seeds to roll into bread
Sauce:
  • 2 t. flour
  • 2 t. baking soda
  • 1 1/3 c. water

OR just use olive oil

Kubideh
  • 10 lbs. ground beef (85:15 lean to fat, or better)
  • 10 eggs
  • 2 bunches finely chopped parsley
  • 5 grated medium yellow onions
  • 6 T turmeric
  • 4 T each: cinnamon, salt, pepper
  • 2 T each: baking powder, canola oil (only if the beef seems dry)
Kookoo Sabzi
Grind the following in food processor:
  • 2c mint
  • 2c basil
  • 2 bunch parsley
  • 2 bunch cilantro
  • 3 bunch scallion
  • 2 bunch dill
  • 3 qt spinach
Grind in food processor until the size of ice cream topping:
  • 1c walnuts
Whisk ingredients below:
  • 1/2c flour
  • 1T turmeric
  • 1T salt
  • enough egg to wet it all, around 10 (start with 8, then add more once food processor ingredients have been added)

Directions

    Barbari Bread
  1. Dissolve yeast in 3 c warm water, and let it stand for 3 minutes.
  2. Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl.
  3. Pour the yeast mixture and the additional 3 cups of water into the center of the flour. Fold dry ingredients into wet, and mix until combined.
  4. Knead dough for 15 minutes, or until dough becomes smooth and elastic.
  5. Divide dough into 8 round pieces on baking sheets that have been floured.
  6. Cover with greased wax paper, and let sit in a warm place to rise for 1 1/2 hours (until doubled in bulk).
  7. Once the dough rises, separate each piece of dough into small pieces half the size of your palm. You will probably need to use a good amount of flour to roll bread. Roll with floured pin on floured board, until as thin as possible. Sprinkle sesame seeds into bread, and roll them into bread.
  8. Place all sauce ingredients in microwave safe dish, and microwave for a minute or two.
  9. Put bread on grill and brush with sauce (or olive oil). Grill for no longer than 4-6 minutes.
    10. Kubideh
  10. Mix eggs and spice ingredients together first, then add meat.
  11. Get a small bowl of water, and use this to keep hands wet throughout
    12. the process of forming the meat.
  12. Roll into ball size of your palm.
  13. Flatten to the length of your hand.
  14. Dimple with fingers.
  15. Set aside in baking dishes and refrigerate excess.
  16. Grill each for 4 minutes.
    17. Kookoo Sabzi

    Add top ingredients to whisked ingredients. Add more eggs if needed. Bake in 350 oven, in greased pans, until cooked through. About 10-15 min. Once cooked cut into strips for sandwich.

    Finishing kubideh and kookoo sabzi

    Smear Greek yogurt on barbari.

    Place grilled meat on freshly grilled barbari.

    Sprinkle sumac on top of grilled meat.

    Add three medium-sized leaves each of basil and mint.

    Add 2 pieces of onion (small, thin slices)