Tas Kebabi

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

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
Spicy
Mediterranean
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