Vegan Kubbat Halab Recipe
Golden and crisp rice dumplings, crunch on the outside with meaty stuffings, these Iraqi kubbat halab are an absolute addictive! Great for prepping in advance and freezing them.
Ingredients
Rice dough ingredients:
- 2 cups white basmati rice rinsed
- 2½ cup water
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 4 tsp sea salt
Filling ingredients
- 250 g vegan mince
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ red onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp 7 spices blend
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup parsley chopped
- oil for frying
Instructions
Prepping the filling:
- Heat a pan on the stovetop and add olive oil, add chopped onion, and cook till translucent.
- Add Vegan mince, spices, salt, and pepper. Mix to combine. Let it cook for 10 minutes.
- Once cooked, turn the heat off and let it cool to room temperature then add the chopped parsley and mix.
Making the rice dough
- Soak the rice after rinsing for 2 hours.
- Transfer the soaked rice to a pan, and add the water, turmeric, and salt. Let it boil, lower the heat and let it simmer, covered for 10 minutes til cooked through.
- Once cooked, transfer to a food processor to form a dough.
- Wet your hands and take a small amount from the dough and form it into a ball.
- Place the dough balls in a pre oiled tray and set a side.
Making the kubba
- Take a rice dough ball, and with your finger press gently in the middle to form a cavity and keep turning gently till the sides are thin but not too thin to break. Once you have shaped it, add a tbsp of the filling (more or less depending on your kubba size), then gently while wetting your hand with water begin to close, form and shape into an oval shape.
- Do the same till all the dough balls are formed into kubba.
- Preheat a deep frying pan and add frying oil to heat.
- Once the oil is heated and ready for frying. Add your kubba, one at a time , and make sure not to crowd the pan with too many kubba as they tend to stick to each other.
- Let it fry for 5 minutes and turn it so it cooks on all sides, till its golden crispy.
- Remove from the pan and let drain excess oil on a kitchen paper towel.
- Once all kubba is fried, serve and enjoy.