Sabanekh Matboukhah
December 11th, 2010
Sabanekh Matboukhah is spinach cooked with ground meat, crushed garlic, ground coriander, and served with rice. Some people call it sabanekh bel-Lahemh (spinach with meat) or sabanekh w rez (spinach with rice).
Let’s make Sabanekh Matboukhah:
1, 2. Cut off spinach ends and remove yellowish leaves, and discard them.
3, 4, 5, 6. Gather spinach, and coarsely chop the stems and the leaves.
7. Wash chopped spinach in several changes with water, you must continue washing in clean waters until there is not a trace of sand.
8. Drain spinach in a colander.
9. Fill a pot with water, and bring it to boil.
10, 11. Add spinach to boiling water, and keep for 5 -6 minutes only.
12. After 5 minutes, place a strainer over a bowl, and skim spinach form water with slotted spoon and transfer to the strainer, and allow to drain. Do not squeeze out the water.
13. In deep pot, heat 1 tbsp ghee.
14. To ghee, add ground meat, and add salt, and brown the meat.
15. Add crushed garlic to meat and stir for 5 minutes.
16. Add chopped spinach to the pot.
17. Stir the mixture of spinach, meat and crushed garlic.
18. Add ground coriander and stir.
19. Cover the pot, and keep over low heat for about 30 minutes (spinach will release water), then after 30 minutes add 300 ml water and cover the pot and cook over low heat for about 30 minutes (don’t forget to check on it during this period and stir it).
20. After 30 minutes, uncover the pot and continue cooking for 20 minutes. During cooking, taste and add salt if needed.
Rice
21. Melt 1 1/2 tbsp ghee and bring it to high heat, then turn off heat.
22. Rinse rice with cold water in several changes.
23. Boil water.
24. Soak rice in boiled water for 10 minutes.
25. To ghee, add 3 3/8 cups water, and add salt, then turn on heat and let it boil.
26. Drain rice, then rinse it with cold water in several changes.
27. Once the water is boiling vigorously add rice.
28. Check if the water is good for the rice by this method which is called “Al-Samda” (Read more about Al-Samda in the post Maqloubat Al-Bathenjan), and keep the rice for 5 minutes over high heat so it will boil vigorously, then lower heat and cover pot and keep for 15 – 20 minutes till rice is cooked. when it is completely cooked, turn off heat, stir and serve.
29. Sprinkle Sabanekh Matboukhah with black pepper and serve hot with rice, lemon wedges, turnip pickles and yogurt.
Sabanekh Matboukhah
From: Family Recipe / Servings: 3 – 4 People
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| 14 bunches of fresh spinach, (14 bunches = approximately 2.8 to 3 kg) 1 tbsp ghee 250 g fat free ground lamb meat 4 tbsp crushed garlic 5 tsp ground coriander 300 ml water Salt Rice 1 1/2 tbsp ghee 2 1/4 cups Egyptian short grain Boiling water, for soaking rice 3 3/8 cups water Salt To Serve Black pepper Lemon Wedges Turnip Pickles Yogurt |
Cut off spinach ends and remove yellowish leaves, and discard them.
Gather spinach, and coarsely chop the stems and the leaves. Wash chopped spinach in several changes with water, you must continue washing in clean waters until there is not a trace of sand. Drain spinach in a colander. Fill a pot with water, and bring it to boil. Add spinach to boiling water, and keep for 5 -6 minutes only. After 5 minutes, place a strainer over a bowl, and skim spinach form water with slotted spoon and transfer to the strainer, and allow to drain. Do not squeeze out the water. In deep pot, heat 1 tbsp ghee. To ghee, add ground meat, and add salt, and brown the meat. Add crushed garlic to meat and stir for 5 minutes. Add chopped spinach to the pot. Stir the mixture of spinach, meat and crushed garlic. Add ground coriander and stir. Cover the pot, and keep over low heat for about 30 minutes (spinach will release water), then after 30 minutes add 300 ml water and cover the pot and cook over low heat for about 30 minutes (don’t forget to check on it during this period and stir it). After 30 minutes, uncover the pot and continue cooking for 20 minutes. During cooking, taste and add salt if needed. Rice Melt 1 1/2 tbsp ghee and bring it to high heat, then turn off heat. Rinse rice with cold water in several changes. Boil water. Soak rice in boiled water for 10 minutes. To ghee, add 3 3/8 cups water, and add salt, then turn on heat and let it boil. Drain rice, then rinse it with cold water in several changes. Once the water is boiling vigorously add rice. Check if the water is good for the rice by this method which is called “Al-Samda” (Read more about Al-Samda in the post Maqloubat Al-Bathenjan), and keep the rice for 5 minutes over high heat so it will boil vigorously, then lower heat and cover pot and keep for 15 – 20 minutes till rice is cooked. when it is completely cooked, turn off heat, stir and serve. Sprinkle Sabanekh Matboukhah with black pepper and serve hot with rice, lemon wedges, turnip pickles and yogurt. |
Notes and Tips
Frozen spinach can be used to make this dish. If you are using frozen spinach, skip the steps from (1 – 12) and start from browning the meat. I prefer fresh spinach and never made it with frozen.
Very Very nice presentation.It looks like a special meal!
A comforting yummy dish!
Hi Dimah,
What shall I say?? you keep reminding me of the luxury of simple and authentic pleasures.
I had forgotten completely about this recipe. very well done
Dimah,
spinach with meat and rice looks delicious. full healthy one.
I love the flavor of spinach. We make something similar in Greece called spanakorizo only we do not use meat but only rice with spinach. This one looks delicious.
That’s a well-balanced and delicious meal!
your recipes all interesting and delicious,I love spinach,
thanks for sharing..
we called it as kheema palak….urs looks way too beautiful :)
We have a similar recipe in Romania. I love you recipe! :)
This sounds great. I love how you used the whole spinach leaf, stems and all. I need to start doing that.
Looks delicious and you’ve plated it so nicely!
Dear Dimah,You are a master of a meal!
Looks very delicious Spinach.
As I said, yummy and beautiful. spinach is one of my favorite veggies! Thank you for sharing ^_^
I tried a pureed spinach dish in Indian cuisine known as saag (but that is vegetarian, without meat). This is the closest I have tried to the dish you are featuring here. Thanks for your insight :)
What a wonderful dish! I love rice and spinach so this combination is just perfect for me.
Magda
wonderful healthy meal
What a wonderful pictorial tutorial you posted! The meal is so healthy and well balanced. It looks delicious.
love the colour and arrangement… and spinach too ;)
A scrumptious meal! Spinach and ground meat, that sounds wonderful.
Cheers,
Rosa
colourful delicious meal
turnip pickles yummy
Looks very nice and delicious..I love the photos!
This is a delicious way to cook spinach. bookmarked!
Yum! What a wonderful dish. I know I would absolutely love this. Thank you for sharing it and the excellent instruction and pictures too:)
That looks very delicious and yet healthy too! :D
Very comforting dish:)
delicious!!!!!
Looks fantastic – I love the photos of the finished dish, so delicate and appealing.
Your pictures are always amazing as well as the dish, and I love spinach!
Very interesting and yummy! Spinach is being used in cuisine around the world and this is no exception..
That looks very healthy and delicious, a perfect plate of lunch.
I love how much I learn from your blog about new foods and meals!
that looks awesome!very interesting..
Delicious. Looks so lovely plated. ;)
A feast to the eyes n palate!!
Looks totally delicious,love greens.
I could eat spinach every day of my life! How utterly delicious! And so beautifully presented.
Healthy & tasty meal.. Thanks for sharing……..
I love spinach and I love everything about this. Combining it with meat… and the spices and your presentation is so welcoming.
Hey Dimah,
An Indian Salaam from Ireland to you….nice to be here…love ur simple but yummy recipes…ur space as well is soo gud.
C U again.
Biny
thanks for visiting.hope in future also.
wonderful recipes
this dish is looking healthy and delicious
It looks healthy and tasty!!! And the way you explained step by step the recipe is great!!! I would love to try it…
Hey,
Lovely meal and beautiful presentation…:)Just followed you…:)
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What a wonderful meal :-) Loved the pictorial too
this sounds so yummy.. i love how lovely this flavors are..thanks for sharing this.
What an interesting dish with spinach and ground lamb…it sure looks very tasty with all the spices in it. Yummie!
I actually know this dish, and I had it before!
I was in love with it! Spinach goes so well with all the seasonings and so healthy!
I’m all over any dish that can pack in the greens like this- Talk about super food!
Yum, looking very tasty and a lovely presentation as well!
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Ah, just forgotten to ask if frozen spinach would be well for this dish?
I feel so happy when I find bloggers from the middle East :) Thanks for dropping by my blog so I found u :) This looks very similar to Kheema Palak (minced meat with spinach) that we make except there are ofcourse the Indian spices!
That looks so delicious..
Wonderful step by step pictures. This sounds like a great dish, I just love middle eastern flavours.
*kisses* HH
very interesting recipe and so well described! Thanks for sharing. Giorgia
What a healthy and delicious recipe. I would make this over and over, because it’s easy and full of spices and flavor. Thanks for sharing.
Sounds delicious…and looks adorable.
Balancing spinach with meat is just what we need!! Sounds exotically delicious :)
Beautiful presentation! This sounds soo delicious!
lovely spread,looks tempting
The presentation is lovely. We use spinach as a filling in pies, (fatayer bi sbenikh).
Sounds aromatic and lovely! I love lots of garlic with spinach.
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Mmm this sounds like it’s full of such delicious flavor! And so healthy too!
nice plate. though we don’t like spinach here this is an excuse for me to use it! neat and pretty pic!
This looks incredibly tasty! You’ve made me so hungry.
nice presentation. i dunno how anyone could make sabanigh look appetizing.
Coriander is one of my favorite spices, and the spinach with ground meat looks delicious as well! The presentation is absolutely beautiful Dimah, you always make each plate look like a work of art :)
Wow sounds like a lot of work Dimah! But looks yums. I lurve mushy veggie+meat dishes =)