Sabanigh (spinach)

Spinach with Meat balls

This is a very simple dish with a lot of flavor .

Prep time 25 min  cook time 38min  Level easy

Ingredients

• 4 lbs of frozen chopped spinach
• about 1 lbs of ground beef (20 % fat )
• 1 tsp of 7 spices
• 1/3 tsp black pepper
• 1/3 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 cups of yogurt
• 1 cloves of garlic (minced)
• salt

Direction

1. In a bowl mix well the meat with the 7 spices , black pepper and cinnamon and of course some salt about 1 tsp or as desired.
2. From the meat mix make a meatballs smaller then the stander meatball size, now heat the oil and fry the meat balls about 5 to 8 minutes then add the spinach sprinkle a little of the 7 spices ,add salt as desired stir the meat and the spinach for about 5 minutes now cover and let it cook on medium to low heat .
3. in another bowl mix yogurt garlic and a little of salt , this is going to be a sauce on the side .
4. In about 25 minute the spinach should be cooked or until you see the color of the spinach changed .served with the yogurt sauce and the Lebanese basic rice .

yield 4 serving