Kibbe Hammoud

Description
This is a typical Iraqi dish not found in any other Arab country. The Kibbe are made with rice and meat cooked in a sauce of tomato garlic and lemon. It is eaten in a soup plate with the sauce as a soup.

Ingredients
To cook Kibbe Hammoud
 * 1½ lb. of minced lamb with fat
 * 6 medium chopped onions
 * 1 lb. lean beef with no fat, minced very fine
 * 1 lb. washed and soaked rice
 * a pinch of saffron in a few drops of rose water in 2 tablespoons of hot water
 * salt and mixed spice
 * 1) 6 cloves garlic chopped
 * 2) 2 peeled and chopped tomatoes
 * 3) 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
 * 4) 1 lamb stock cube
 * 5) 3 lemon juice
 * 6) one cucumber, peeled and cut into thin finger shapes
 * 7) salt, pepper and handful of mint
 * 8) corn oil to fry

Directions
To cook Kibbe Hammoud
 * 1) Mix chopped onions with minced lamb, in a food processor, then add spices, salt, and saffron with rose water. Keep aside as the filling.
 * 2) Grind the soaked rice to powder.
 * 3) Add the mince beef and salt, mix and put twice in food processor.
 * 4) Fill the beef mixture with the lamb and onions mixture, make a torpedo shape with moist hands.
 * 5) If not using it the same day, freeze them.
 * 1) Fry tomatoes and garlic and tomato paste, in a little oil, add water, lemon cube, salt and pepper.
 * 2) When boiling put the Kibbe inside one by one and let them cook for ½ hour.
 * 3) Add the cucumber and cook for further 20-30 minutes, till the cucumber is cooked but still firm and the Kibbe are cooked inside (test one). Sprinkle the dry mint and serve with the soup.