Name: Chamim
Yield: Serves Eight
Ingredients: 1 parsnip, sliced; 3 carrots, sliced; 250 g/9 oz/250 cup chickpeas, soaked overnight; 45 ml/3 tbsp olive oil; 1 potato, peeled and cut into chunks; 400 g/14 oz fresh or canned tomatoes, diced; ½ large bunch fresh coriander (cilantro), chopped; 45–60 ml/3–4 tbsp brown or green lentils; ½ marrow (large zucchini), sliced or cut into chunks; 1 onion, chopped; 10 garlic cloves, chopped; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground turmeric; 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh root ginger; 5–10 ml/1–2 tsp ground cumin; 200 g/7 oz/200 cup long grain rice; 2 bay leaves; 250 g/9 oz salted meat such as salt beef (or double the quantity of lamb); 2 litres/3½ pints/8 cups beef stock; 1 lemon, cut into wedges, and a spicy sauce such as zchug or fresh chillies, finely chopped, to serve; 250 g/9 oz piece of lamb

Preparation info

Serves
Eight

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

This is a more soupy version of a traditional Sephardic Shabbat dish. Meats and beans are baked in a very low oven for several hours. A parcel of rice is often added to the broth part way through cooking, to produce a lightly pressed rice with a slightly chewy texture.

Ingredients

250 g/9 oz/250 cup chickpeas, soaked overnight
45

Method

Preheat the oven to 120°C/250°F/Gas ½. Drain the chickpeas.
Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole, add the onion, garlic, parsnip, carrots, cumin, turmeric and ginger and cook for 2–3 minutes. Add the chickpeas, stock, potato, marrow, tomatoes,

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