Okra Recipes
EGYPTIAN LAMB AND OKRA STEW

This Traditional Lamb and Okra Stew is an Egyptian Favorite, when you make it you'll understand why.

Ingredients: For the Okra Stew

To Make The Okra Stew

Top and tail the Okra using a sharp knife. Then place the Okra in a glass or ceramic bowl to which you have added the ¾ cup of red wine vinegar.

{NOTE Do not use a metal bowl as the wine may react with it... Then your okra stew will taste like metal stew... Ugh! }

Let stand for about a ½ hour.

Drain, rinse & dry the Okra [This technique helps remove the slimeyness when the Okra is cooked.] Reserve.

Preheat oven to 325^oF [165^oC]

Cut the Lamb [or beef] into 1?? [2½cm] cubes
Peel, seed and chop the tomatoes
Mince the garlic cloves
Chop the onions finely
Chop the mint

Warm the butter in a large frying pan [skillet] over medium heat [reserving the ½ Tbsp]

Add the lamb and fry, turning untill browned on all sides [You will have to brown the meat in batches for satisfactory results] This will take approximately 10 to 11 minutes for each batch of meat

Using a slotted spoon tranfer the meat to a casserole dish.

Add the onions to the melted butter remaining in the frying pan, [if there isn't any left you will have to add a little]

Sauté the onions over medium heat until they are translucent and tender, this should take between 8 and 10 minutes

Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, onions, cumin, water and mint.

Stir this mixture to ensure all ingredients are combined, then pour over the lamb in the casserole dish

Add the salt and pepper to taste.

Cover the casserole dish, place in the oven and bake for about 1½ hours until all the liquid has been absorbed

Sauté the okra for 3 minutes, over medium heat in the ½ tblsp of butter which had been melted and warmed in the frying pan before adding the okra.

You should be stirring gently while doing this

Remove the stew from the oven. taste and add more salt or pepper or both, if required

Arrange the okra on top of the stew like the spokes of a wheel.

Sprinkle the lemon juice over the top of the stew

Replace the cover on the casserole dish and return the Okra Stew to the oven

Bake for 35 minutes, adding water if the stew appears to be too dry.

The OKRA STEW should be served immediately, as hot as possible


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