Meatballs in Arab-spiced tomato sauce (Kafta bil bandoura) from Arabiyya: Recipes from the Life of an Arab in Diaspora (page 181) by Reem Assil

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Accompaniments: Sesame-crusted bread pouches (Ka'ak); Spiced rice with fried vermicelli (Ruz Arabi)

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    Can substitute this book's "Seven-spice mix (Saba'a baharat) for commercial Arabic seven spice.

  • dmdmdmmm on January 16, 2026

    made this for the kids since i figured they’d pick this over rice. this was pretty good! i did adjust the seasoning on the sauce a bit cuz it turned out a bit bland for me but it was nice and easy dish to put together.

  • SpatulaCity on November 11, 2025

    Delicious! Used a 50/50 blend of ground lamb and beef. The warm, gentle spices in the sauce and meatballs are perfect against the lamb! Overall an easy dish to put together and loved by everyone! Served with the spiced rice from this book and it was a hit.

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