kafta w batata ma3 roz (kafta and potatoes w batata ma3 roz (kafta with potatoes and rice) beans version.

My mom(AND I but mostly my mom) made this for supper on Sunday.It's very tasty but very heavy at the same time, you'll be full after 1 plate. It's really heathly for the body because there's meat vegetables and rice. There are many different way to do it but since I'm from Lebanon i'll describe the Lebanese way of doing this recipe.


This dish is is made of kafat,which meat mixed up with parsley and onions, potatoes and tomato juice.it contains a lot of protein and other nutriment needed by the body but you might feel bad for the animals that we killed to make the meat.For the record us, the Lebanese people, use a lot on meat in our recipes which explains why we eat a lot of meat even if it goes for killing animals. If you like you can remplace the meat by shrimps (in that case you dont use parsley and onion) or by red beans(which in that case also you dont use parsley and onion) but the usual way to do it is with meat.I'll explain how to do the recipe with beans.


This dish takes approximately 45 to 60 minutes to prepare because the potatoes and the beans mixed with tomato juice are cooked together in the stove. I would recommend that while the beans and the potatoes are in the stove, start doing the rice that way you don't waste time afterwards.



Ingredients ( For 5 ):

-5-6 cups of beans(cooked beans)

-1 pack of parsley

-1 big onion

-peper and salt

-Butter

-6 potatoes

-2 can of tomato juice

-2 cups of rice


Steps :

1.To make the beans, just put them in a pan with the 2 tomato juice can and let them boil for 15-20 minutes.

2.Take an aluminum plate and put the beans with the tomato juice in it. Peel the potatoes and cut them (cubes,rectangle or whatever shape you like) and put them on the beans. Put the plate in the stove for 30-35 minutes at 375c.


4.For the rice, since it 2 cups you need 3 cups of water(1 cup and a half per cup of rice).So you put the 3 cups of water then the 2 cups of rice a little bit of salt and butter in a pan.

5.Then you let it boil for 15 minutes on low.

6.Take out the beans and the potatoes from the stove put it on the table with the rice and enjoy !! :)

*Note that it's the Lebanese recipe(with beans) there might be other ways to do it.

Khalife Joseph