'Bamia' Lamb Okra Stew. Okra with lamb recipe is the best to serve as a dinner for the Emarati's family. Adapted from Our Syria by Itab Azzam and Dina Mousawi. For the most impact, it is best to buy freshly ground spices or Make the stew: Heat a pat of butter in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat until foaming.
Once meat is tender, add the Okra or bamia and carry on cooking until the Okra is tender and cooked. Always add the Okra at the last few minutes because Okra does not take long to cook. Bamia stew with lamb or beef cubes and okra in a tomato sauce base. You can have 'Bamia' Lamb Okra Stew using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of 'Bamia' Lamb Okra Stew
- It's 500 g of Lamb.
- You need 400 g of Okra.
- Prepare 1 of Onion.
- Prepare 1 of Tinned Chopped Tomatoes.
- Prepare 2 Tbsp of Tomato Puree.
- You need 8-10 of Garlic Cloves.
- Prepare Half of Lemon.
- You need 1-2 of Stock Cube (Lamb/Beef or Veg).
- You need 1 Cup of Water.
This recipe for bamia is very simple. You can make it vegetarian by omitting the meat. Add okra and bring to a boil. The sauce should thicken as it cooks. 'Bamia' in Arabic means 'Okra'. 'Bamia' in Arabic means 'Okra'.
'Bamia' Lamb Okra Stew instructions
- Sauté 1 chopped onion and 2 crushed garlic cloves in oil over medium heat until golden for a few minutes. Add the lamb stirring throughout until the meat has browned..
- Add tinned chopped tomatoes, 2 Tbsp Tomato Puree, 1 cup of water with 2 Lamb/Beef/Veg Stock cube to taste along with the remaining whole garlics. Allow the stew to simmer on a low heat until the meat is tender, roughly up to 45minutes. Make sure to occasionally top up water if the stew starts to dry/thicken..
- Squeeze half a lemon and add the okra to the stew, cook for 10/15minutes until the okra softens. Be gentle when stirring in order to avoid breaking the okra once soft..
- Serve with white basmati rice or Iraqi shredded flat bread, YUM!.
This is an old Middle-Eastern recipe very popular throughout, served with rice. Bamia is the Arabic word for okra, and is a stew primarily consisting of okra, lamb, and tomato. Originating in Africa and the Middle East, there are variations to bamia, depending on the country, including added spices, vegetarian and non-vegetarian versions (beef instead of lamb). Bamia is a stew with lamb or beef cubes and okra in a tomato sauce base. Bamia is such a hearty stew despite the number of ingredients.