Soups and stews
Vegetable and Meat Stew
A hearty vegetable stew with meat — one of the best stews to serve alongside rice. The recipe also includes a simple basmati-with-butter method. You can add more vegetables to taste.
Vegetable and meat stew — a complete, nourishing meal
Ingredients
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- Peas
- Diced carrots
- Diced potatoes
- Green beans (thin), chopped
- 1 kg small-cut beef (chuck/shoulder) or bone-in meat, as desired
- 6 tomatoes
- 1 dry onion
- 1 head garlic
- A bunch of fresh cilantro (coriander)
- 1 can or 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Hot chili powder to taste
- 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
- Black pepper
- Meat spice blend (baharat) or steak seasoning
- Salt
- Vegetable oil
- Rice
- 3 cups basmati rice
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 5 cups hot water
- 1 tsp butter
- Rice
- In a pot, heat the oil, drain the rice and add it to the pot, then add the hot water — the water should be about 5 cm above the rice.
Method
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- Chop the garlic, onion, and cilantro and put them in a pot over the heat with three tablespoons vegetable oil, a pinch of salt, a pinch of black pepper, and a pinch of meat seasoning; sauté until they are almost cooked...
- Add the meat and stir, then cover the pot and turn the meat every now and then..
- When the meat is also nearing doneness, place the vegetables on top with the tomato cut into four pieces and stir
- Add the tomato paste and pomegranate molasses, stir, and cover them with hot water…
- Once it boils, reduce the heat and leave it for one hour, taking care not to stir vigorously so as to preserve the texture of the vegetables
- Serve the vegetable and meat stew with rice
- Wash the rice and leave it soaking in hot water for half an hour.
- Prepare a pot, put in the oil, add the drained rice, then add the hot water.. The water should be just 5 cm above the rice
- When the rice water begins to boil and bubbles appear and the water starts to dry up.. add the butter, then lower the heat and cover the rice pot with a clean cloth made for rice and place the pot lid over it
- Leave the white rice over low heat for 15 to 30 minutes until fully cooked, then turn off the heat….Timers: 30 min
Recipe tags
Soups and stewsInternationalGluten freeNut freeEgg free
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