Meatball & Tomato Stew

Name: Meatball & Tomato Stew (Daoud Basha)
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Egyptian
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 500 grams minced lamb (lean leg of lamb); 500 grams minced beef; 2 cups of water; 2 tablespoons pine nuts; 1 teaspoon salt; 4–5 large onions, sliced thinly; 2 tablespoons flour; 1 tin (500 grams) whole peeled tomatoes; 4 tablespoons vegetable oil

Daoud Basha

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Amoul

By Amoul Oakes

Published 2008

About

It is said that this was the favourite dish of a Turkish “basha” or dignitary, so it was named after him. It is served with short grain Egyptian rice.

Ingredients

500 grams minced lamb (lean leg of lamb)
500 grams minced beef
4–5

Africa
Asia
Lebanon
Turkey
Egypt
Mediterranean

Method

Mix the minced meat well with the spices, salt and flour to form a dough, as you would for hamburgers. Shape into small meatballs with diameter of approximately one and a half inches.

Heat vegetable oil in a pot over medium-high fire. Add the meatballs, tossing gently until they are well browned and taking care not to break them.

Add the chopped onions and saute together for a f