Khaleeji
Marag Laham (Lamb Vegetable Stew)
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Marag Laham (Lamb Vegetable Stew) is Khaleeji home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oil in a pot and brown the lamb on all sides, about 8 minutes, then lift out.
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Cook the chopped onion in the same pot until soft, about 5 minutes, then stir in the garlic, baharat, and turmeric and cook 1 minute.
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Add the chopped tomato and tomato paste and cook 4 minutes until it breaks down into a light sauce.
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Return the lamb to the pot with the water and salt, bring to a boil, cover, and simmer until nearly tender, about 40 minutes.
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Add the potato and carrot and simmer 15 minutes, then add the zucchini and simmer 10 minutes more until everything is tender.
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Taste and adjust the salt, scatter with cilantro, and serve hot over rice, the weeknight stew families cook as often as any platter.
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Serve it with
A Khaleeji dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Marag Laham (Lamb Vegetable Stew), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Marag Laham (Lamb Vegetable Stew) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 28 g
- Carbs
- 35 g
- Fat
- 33 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 360 mg
- Saturated fat
- 14 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Marag Laham (Lamb Vegetable Stew) takes about 70 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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