Syria | Dawood Basha

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As soon as I saw this recipe, my recipe search ended because I love meatballs. I’m sure Syria has a lot of delicious recipes to offer but I really really like meatballs, and the flavor profile of Dawood Basha was appealing to me.

Most of the ingredients, I either had on hand or could easily acquire but I did have to order pomegranate molasses online. I had a Lebanese Seven Spice seasoning in the cupboard, from a previous recipe, and I will probably reorder it when I’ve used up this bottle. It’s a lovely blend of warm (not spicy-hot) spices that smells like Autumn. (To me anyway.)

This wasn’t difficult to make. If you’ve ever made any kind of meatball dish or stew, you can handle this. I did halve the recipe because, as it is written, it is entirely too much food for one person. And I’m out of freezer space at the moment.

I ate it over basmati rice and really enjoyed it but it would be great with naan or on its own. It had layers of flavor and textures and it was just a really good meal. It didn’t knock my sockS off but it was enjoyable and satisfying.

Would I make this again? Yes! It wasn’t difficult and I’d like to try making it with ground turkey instead of ground beef. And I need to use up the pomegranate molasses!