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TURKISH KILIS KEBAB – KILIS TAVA

Turkish Kilis Kebab is an enormous delicious dish. And today we are going to make Turkish Kilis Kebab. You can imagine Kilis Kebab as a giant ground meat kebab on a tray with a delicious tomato paste sauce and vegetables.
Prep Time 40 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Course Main Course, Meat
Cuisine Mediterranean, Turkish
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams of medium-fat ground beef
  • 2 eggplants or 2 potatoes
  • 5 green peppers
  • 2 red peppers
  • 2 to matoes
  • 1/2 bunch of parsley
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 onion
  • 1 full dessert spoon tomato paste
  • 1 full teaspoon of pepper paste
  • 1/2 tea glass of black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of cumin
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Cut 1 red pepper and 3 green peppers into very tiny pieces.
  • Finely chop the onion, finely chop the parsley, crush the garlic.
  • Throw away the seeded part of the tomato and chop only the flesh.
  • Put the minced meat in a deep bowl. First, just add the spices and knead for 5-6 minutes.
  • Then add all the vegetables you chopped and tomato paste and knead for another 5 minutes.
  • Stretch the kneaded ground beef and let it rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 180 °C/356 °F.
  • Meanwhile, peel the eggplants (or potatoes) and slice them into thin and long slices. Grease the bottom of a tray and line the sliced eggplants on it. Sprinkle light salt on the eggplants.
  • Spread the rested ground beef evenly over the eggplants.
  • Garnish with peppers and tomatoes over the ground beef.
  • Finally, pour 1 teaspoon of tomato paste and 1/2 cup of hot water over the dish and cook for 30 minutes in the preheated oven.