Tas Kebabi

Name: Tas Kebabi (Upside-Down Kebab)
Yield: To Serve 4-6
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: 25 g/1 oz cooking fat or butter; 1 kg/2 lb shoulder or leg of lamb; 1 tsp red pepper; ¼ tsp ground black pepper; 300 g/10 oz onions, finely chopped; 25 g/1 oz tomato purée; 1 tbsp vinegar; 1 L/1 ¾ pints meat stock or water; 1 small bay leaf; ¼ tsp ground cinnamon; ¼ tsp dried thyme; rice pilaf made with 250 g/8 ozrice; salt to taste

Upside-Down Kebab

Preparation info

To Serve
4-6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Nevin Halici's Turkish Cookbook

By Nevin Halici

Published 1989

About

Stewed dishes occupy an important place in Turkish cuisine. One of the best known of these dishes is tas kebabı. This is prepared in various parts of Turkey in a variety of ways. Tas kebabı with pilaf is so popular it is practically a national dish.

Ingredients

1 kg/2 lb shoulder or leg of lamb
25 g/

Asia
Turkey
Main course
Mediterranean
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Chop the meat into 3 cm/1½ inch cubes and put in a pan on medium heat. Shake the pan until the meat has browned and absorbed its own juices, then add the fat and onions and fry for 3-4 minutes, stirring, u