potatoes stuffed with minced meat with a blend of amazing spice

 I admit , I'm  an Egyptian but I loooove the libyan cuisine.  It's a rich cuisine with a huge variety of tasty and delicious recipes.  

Mebatan or in other words , potatoes stuffed with minced meat with a blend of amazing spices.

Ingredients:

4 large potatoes 

For the stuffing:

300 grams of minced meat

1 large grated onion

1 whole egg

2 egg yolks

1/2cup of finely chopped parsley 

2 tbsp tomato paste 

Bread crumbs,  as a binder 

1 tsp Cinnamon 

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp black pepper 

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Hararat spices  which , if not available ,could be substituted with 1 tsp 7 spices

If you wish to prepare the Hararat spices, grinded and combine the following:

About 10 cloves

95 grams Galangal 

120 gram ginger powder

100 grams Cinnamon powder 

80 gram black pepper

18 gram coriander

Some Bay leaves

60 gram turmeric 

1 nut meg

20 grams Cubeb pepper another name pipper cubeba

For the tomato sauce:

1 large tomato ,grated

1 tbsp tomato paste 

Parsley 

1 tsp 7 spices 

1 tsp turmeric 

1 tsp black pepper 

Salt to taste

METHOD:

1-Combine all ingredients of the stuffing together , set aside

2 - Slice potato 1 to 1.5 cm thick

3-Cut through each slice , like a sandwich not cutting till the end

4-Stuff potatoes with minced meat 

5-Dip the opened stuffed side of the potatoes in egg squash then flour

6-Deep fry the potatoes, remove when golden

7- In a cooking pot on medium heat, combine tomato sauce ingredients 

8- In a baking dish , add all your potatoes next to each other brushing each one with the tomato sauce , baking in the oven until completely cooked , nearly for 20 minutes.

And ENJOY.