Karen Mintzias 1 kg Beef or lamb stew meat 2 tb Oil or butter 1 lg Onion; finely chopped 2 Garlic cloves 1/2 c Chopped celery 1 c Chopped, peeled tomatoes 1/4 c Tomato paste 1/4 c Dry red wine 3 Cloves 1/4 c Chopped parsley Salt Freshly ground black pepper 1/2 ts Sugar 500 g Very young broad beans Serves: 5-6 Cooking time: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Trim meat and cut into 3 cm (1-1/4 inch) cubes. Heat half the oil or butter in a heavy pan and brown meat quickly on each side, adding a single layer of meat to pan at a time. Remove to a plate when browned. Reduce heat, add remaining oil and onion and fry onion gently until transparent. Add garlic, celery and carrot and fry for a few minutes longer. Add tomato paste, wine, water, cloves, bay leaf and most of parsley. Return meat to pan and add salt and pepper to taste and the sugar. C
over and simmer gently for 45 minutes for lamb, 1-1/4 hours for beef. Wash broad beans well, top and tail, pulling off strings at the same time. Cut into 8 cm (3-inch) lengths. Add to yahni, cover pan and simmer for further 30-45 minutes or until meat is tender. Put yahni in a serving dish and sprinkle with remaining parsley. Serve hot with a tossed salad and crusty bread. Note: Other vegetables may replace the broad beans; use same quantity unless otherwise specified. GREEN BEANS: Top, tail and string if necessary. Slit down centre. GREEN PEAS: Shell 1 kg (2 lb) green peas and add; 2 cups frozen peas may be used instead of fresh peas. CELERY: Omit celery from basic recipe. Cut 1/2 bunch celery into 8 cm (3-inch) lengths and blanch in boiling, salted water for 5 minutes. Drain and add. ZUCCHINI (COURGETTES): Top and tail and cut into 1 cm (1/2 inch) slices. CAULIFLOWER: Break 1 small head cauliflower into florets, soak in salted water, drain, rinse and add. POTATOES: Peel 750 g (1-1/2 lb) medium-sized potatoe
s, quarter and add. From: "The Complete Middle East Cookbook" by Tess Mallos. ISBN: 1 86302 069 1 Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
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