Ingredients: 1 kilo of lamb 1 1/2 kilo of onions sliced 5-6 potatoes cut in cubes 6-7 tomatoes sliced 1 tbsp of tomato paste 1/4 cup of olive oil Ground cumin Salt and pepper to taste Method: Cut the lamb meat into small pieces. Peel, wash and cut the potatoes into cubes. Peel and slice […]

Serves four. This recipe, from the manuscript of Yahya ibn Khalid al-Barmaki, makes striking use of murri,the indigenous Middle Eastern barley “soy sauce.” Most dishes flavored with murri were vinegary, but this is the exception, being quite sweet. The result is surprisingly reminiscent of a Chinese “red-stewed” meat dish. The name comes from the Persian word for […]

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