Recipe ingredients
- 400 g, 14 oz, lamb stew meat, cubed
- 2 cups freekeh, grilled green wheat
- 1 medium sized onion, peeled
- 2 tablespoons shortening or butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup pine nuts fried in vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup blanched and fried almonds
- Some fat
Recipe method
- Fry meat with 1 tablespoon shortening till brown all over.
- Cover with water, add peeled onion, salt, cinnamon, cook over medium heat for 2 hours or till tender.
- Remove meat, put aside.
- Reserve stock.
- Remove stones from freekeh, wash and drain.
- Fry freekeh with fat and shortening.
- Bring stock to a boil, adjust salt.
- Add freekeh and see that stock is about 7 cm above freekeh.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Reduce heat and cook for 30 minutes. Do not stir mixture.
- Serve it garnished with meat, almonds and pine nuts.
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