Soganli Et (Meat And Onion Stew)

500 grams diced lamb
30 small onions
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 tomatoes
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Salt
Cumin (optional)
Water
Place butter or margarine in pan. Add diced lamb. Brown meat, allowing all juices to evaporate. Add tomato paste and stir through for two minutes. Add peeled and chopped tomatoes. Cook until tomatoes soften. Add 250 ml water, salt, stir, cover and cook for a further 5 minutes. Add peeled whole onions, stir and cover. Simmer until meat and onoins are cooked.Before serving you may wish to add a sprinkling of cumin powder.


From the "Kanaat Restaurant," Uskudar, Turkey



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