Growing up in Mexico City, one of my first interactions with Arabs and Muslims was through the Lebanese community in Mexico. Although Mexico is a largely multicultural country and its cuisine has been largely recognized as a mix of different cultures, the dominant identity discourse these days is the mix between Indigenous peoples and the Spanish colonizers (mestizaje). (
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Kibbeh Charola
Ingredients:
500 gr. Extra lean ground beef or lamb
1 cup of corn semolina
Half an onion diced
Salt (according to taste)
2 table spoons of olive oil
1/3 cup of pine nuts
2 table spoons of pomegranate molasses (if you don’t find them just use one spoon of regular molasses and one spoon of pomegranate juice)
½ cup of fresh mint
Black pepper to season
