Meat with Courgettes and Chick Peas

Name: Meat with Courgettes and Chick Peas
Cuisine: Egyptian
Ingredients: 2 onions, chopped; Black pepper; 1 teaspoon ground allspice (optional); 60 g (2 oz) butter or 3 tablespoons oil; 60 g (2 oz) chick peas, soaked for 1 hour; 2–3 tablespoons tomato concentrate; 1 kg (2 lb) lean stewing lamb or beef, cubed; 2 whole cloves garlic (optional); 1 kg (2 lb) courgettes, washed and sliced; Salt

Preparation info

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

Another Egyptian favourite. A large English marrow, peeled and cubed, may be used if courgettes are not available.

Ingredients

2 onions, chopped
2 whole cloves garlic (optional)
60 g (2

Africa
Egypt
Main course
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Fry the chopped onions and whole garlic cloves, if used, in hot butter or oil until golden. Add the meat cubes and brown them all over to seal in the juice. Stir in the tomato concentrate, add the soaked and drained chick peas, and cover with water. Season to taste with pepper and ground allspice if liked. Bring to the boil, stir well and cover the pan. Simmer gently fo