Recipe for Kubideh: Grilled Ground Meat on Skewers with Middle Eastern Spices

Kubideh:  Grilled Ground Meat on Skewers with Middle Eastern Spices(Updated and added to Recipe Favorites, October 2009.) One of my favorite restaurants in Salt Lake is Cafe Med, a very inexpensive place that features foods from all the Mediterranean countries. On the section of the menu designated "Persian Food" they have a dish called Kubideh that I love to order. It's made of very finely ground beef mixed with onions and spices, including turmeric, and then grilled. The meat is probably ground twice to produce a dense texture similar to Gyro meat. At Cafe Med it's served with Tzatziki sauce, the perfect companion to the slightly-spicy flavor of the meat.

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