Kubbah hāmḍa

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Kubbah ḥāmḍa is a Syrian specialty made with stuffed meatballs cooked in a broth flavored with fresh lemon or lime juice. The meatballs, called kubbah, usually consist of lean ground lamb or beef, ground rice, and onions. They are filled with a mixture of spiced ground lamb or beef and parsley or celery leaves. The stuffed meatballs are then thrown into a broth containing potatoes, carrots, onions, yellow squash or zucchini, celery stalks, garlic, mint, and lemon or lime juice. Delicately sour and flavor-packed, this meatball soup is consumed hot and it has been traditionally prepared for Passover, usually served as an appetizer preceding the Seder meal.