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Title: Bamia Stew
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

    1/2 lb ground lamb
           OR
    1/2 lb ground beef
      1 lg onion; chopped
      2    cloves garlic; minced
      4 lg tomatoes; chopped
      1    6-ounce can tomato paste
           Salt
      1 ts dried coriander
      1 ts cumin
    1/2 ts ground black pepper
  1 1/8 lb okra; washed heads removed
      1 tb tamarind pods; soaked in
           -water

Instructions

Brown the meat without oil until it absorbs all its liquid. Add the
onions, then the spices and garlic. Mix well and add the chopped tomatoes.
Cover and let cook on medium heat. Add the water when the tomatoes appear
to soften. Let it simmer for 15 minutes, then add the okra, tomato paste
and salt. Let the stew cook slowly and towards the end add the strained
tamarinds.

Serve hot with rice.

Description:
"Ground lamb or beef simmered with tomatoes, okra and Middle Eastern
spices. An okra stew very popular in the Middle East. Served with
rice."
Cuisine:
"Middle Eastern"

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Per serving: 305 Calories (kcal); 16g Total Fat; (45% calories from fat);
15g
Protein; 28g Carbohydrate; 48mg Cholesterol; 399mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 5 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 2
1/2
Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Nutr. Assoc. : 2130706543 0 0 0 0 0 1504 0 0 0 0 985 1477

Preparation Time: 1:30

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