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Dina Kohl

Bazella w Jazar

Lamb Stew with peas and carrots
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings: 6 servings
Course: main dish
Cuisine: Lebanese

Ingredients
  

  • 50 ml sunflower oil
  • 2 medium onions peeled and coarsely chopped
  • 10 small garlic cloves peeled and sliced
  • 500 g meat from a leg of lamb or from the shoulder cut into 4 cm cubes
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ litre hot water
  • 500 g frozen peas
  • 250 g carrots peeled and cubed
  • 500 ml tomato sauce
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon allspice
  • 2 teaspoons curry
  • 2 heaped tablespoonful tomato paste

Equipment

  • 1 Pressure cooker
  • 1 large pot

Method
 

  1. eat the oil in a pressure cooker over medium-high heat and sauté the onions and garlic for about 5 minutes, or until wilted and golden, stirring constantly. Add the meat and cinnamon and brown for about 5-10 minutes, stirring often. Then add the hot water, put the lid on, and following the manufacturer’s instructions, cook over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes.
  2. Combine the frozen vegetables, tomato sauce, tomato paste and spices in the large pot. Carefully open the pressure cooker and pour out the meat with the cooking liquid over the peas and the carrots.
  3. Bring to a boil over high heat. Turn the heat down to medium-low and cook, covered, for about 20 minutes, or until vegetables are cooked through.
  4. Simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes until the sauce slightly thickens. Serve hot with ruz mfallfal.

Notes

All images and text © Dina Bayoud Kohl