Bamia (meat and okra stew)
One of my favourite middle eastern dishes...in fact one of my favourite dishes full stop. This is the way I make it...
1kg stewing meat (beef or lamb)
500g sweet fresh tomatoes
500g bamia (okra)
1 large onion
1 red pepper
3 large cloves garlic
2 heaped tbsp dble concentrate tomato puree
1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp crushed all spice
1 tsp tamarind pulp
400ml chicken stock
Method:
1. Place a large pan on a medium heat with a few glugs of olive oil in it. Blend the onion up until very fine in a processor (or chop as fine as you can). Add this to the pan and cook until see through. Blend the pepper and garlic in the same way and add them to the pan also.
2. Now blend the tomatoes to a pulp and cut the meat up into medium chunks and add these to the pan.
3. Top and tail all of the bamia and wash thoroughly. Now simply add all of the remaining ingredients and let stew over a low heat for at least an hour (I tend to leave it to stew for 3 or even 4 hours, leaving the bamia out until the last hour).
4. Serve with fluffy basmati rice.
One of my favourite middle eastern dishes...in fact one of my favourite dishes full stop. This is the way I make it...
1kg stewing meat (beef or lamb)
500g sweet fresh tomatoes
500g bamia (okra)
1 large onion
1 red pepper
3 large cloves garlic
2 heaped tbsp dble concentrate tomato puree
1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp crushed all spice
1 tsp tamarind pulp
400ml chicken stock
Method:
1. Place a large pan on a medium heat with a few glugs of olive oil in it. Blend the onion up until very fine in a processor (or chop as fine as you can). Add this to the pan and cook until see through. Blend the pepper and garlic in the same way and add them to the pan also.
2. Now blend the tomatoes to a pulp and cut the meat up into medium chunks and add these to the pan.
3. Top and tail all of the bamia and wash thoroughly. Now simply add all of the remaining ingredients and let stew over a low heat for at least an hour (I tend to leave it to stew for 3 or even 4 hours, leaving the bamia out until the last hour).
4. Serve with fluffy basmati rice.
