Iraq

Bamia

Name: Bamia
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: 500 g lamb on the bone mutton (goat meat); 500 g small okra tops trimmed okra (lady's finger); 2/3 cup tomato puree; 2 chopped tomato; 6 cloves whole garlic; 1 chopped onion; 1 1/2 tsp baharat; 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); Salt, to taste; 3 cups water

Lamb and okra in a tangy tomato sauce. Iraq's Thursday lunch, every week.

90 minTime

30 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayIraqi style with lamb.

The original

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30 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

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The original bamia.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Mutton (goat meat)500 g lamb, on the bone

Okra (lady's finger)500 g small okra, tops trimmed

Tomato puree⅔ cup

Tomato2, chopped

Garlic6 cloves, whole

Onion1, chopped

Baharat1½ tsp

Lemon juice1½ tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Saltto taste

Water3 cups

Method

4 steps

1Brown the lamb with the onion in oil, add baharat and water and simmer until tender.
2Fry the okra in a separate pan for a few minutes until bright green.
3Add tomato, tomato paste and whole garlic cloves to the lamb and simmer 10 minutes.
4Add the okra and lemon and simmer gently until the okra is tender but whole.

Serve it like this

Ladle into a deep bowl, lamb and okra on top. Serve hot with plain white rice, pickles and raw onion.

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