Name: Cabbage Stew (Margat Lahana)
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oil; 1 tablespoon prepared noomi Basra; or 2 tablespoons lime juice with 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 teaspoon curry powder; 1 small head of green cabbage (about 1½ lb/675 g), chopped; 3 heaped tablespoons (one 6 oz/175 g can) tomato paste diluted in 4 cups (950 ml) hot water or one 15 oz/425 g can tomato sauce diluted in 3½ cups (860 ml) hot water; 1½ teaspoons salt; ½ cup (4 oz/115 g) split chickpeas, washed; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; 4 chunks of meat (about 2 lb/900 g). Use any of the options given in Suggested Cuts; 1 teaspoon crushed coriander seeds; 2 or 3 small hot peppers, for lovers of hot food

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

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It is a universally accepted ‘fact’ that there is nothing exciting about cabbage, that homely vegetable, which fills the house with a distinctive odor when cooked. This is really unfortunate, for it is indeed packed with goodness. Besides, it is amazing how many delicious things you can make with one big head of cabbage. The perfect leaves are good for stuffing, the core may be pickled, and the torn leaves can be thinly sliced into an attractive