Mama's bamia

Name: Mama's bamia
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 55 min
Cuisine: Asian, Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 450g lamb cut into cubes; 1.5 tbsp light butter; 1 large onion, diced; 3 garlic cloves; 400g chopped tomatoes; 2 vegetable (or lamb) stock in 500ml boiling water; 200g frozen okra (or fresh); 1 small lemon or lime; 1 tbsp of Pomegranate Molasses); Salt; Pepper; Mild Chili Powder, 0.5 tsp; Mixed spice, 2 tsp; 180g rice

8 steps

Prep:25minCook:2h 30min

The whole meal (not including rice) has about 930 kcal.

Updated at: Mon, 06 May 2024 18:15:29 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories676.3 kcal (34%)

Total Fat16.1 g (23%)

Carbs102.8 g (40%)

Sugars15.2 g (17%)

Protein31.4 g (63%)

Sodium1507.4 mg (75%)

Fiber5.4 g (19%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

450glamb

cut into cubes

1 ½ Tbsplight butter

1onion

large, diced

3garlic cloves

400gchopped tomatoes

2vegetable stock

or lamb, in 500ml boiling water

200gfrozen okra

or fresh

1lemon

small, or lime

1 TbspPomegranate Molasses

salt

pepper

½ tspMild Chili Powder

2 tspMixed spice

180grice

Instructions

Step 1

Shallow fry the pieces of lamb in the butter.

Wok

lamb450g

light butter1 ½ Tbsp

Step 2

Dice large onion then add it to the lamb

onion1

Step 3

Add the garlic, mixed spice, mild chili powder, salt & pepper.

garlic cloves3

salt

pepper

Mild Chili Powder½ tsp

Mixed spice2 tsp

Step 4

Lower the temp until it’s all softened a bit, then add the tomatoes

chopped tomatoes400g

Step 5

Add the vegetable stock and the lemon juice/molasses

vegetable stock2

lemon1

Pomegranate Molasses1 Tbsp

Step 6

If you’re using fresh Okra then add them now

frozen okra200g

Step 7

But if you’re using the frozen okra, then leave the lamb mixture to be cooking for half an hour, then add the frozen okra while it’s still frozen to your mixture & once it’s starting to boil lower the heat to minimum & leave it until it cooked (approximately 2 hours)

frozen okra200g

Step 8

Put it for the last 30 minutes in the oven to make it softer & thicker. But always if you think it’s getting too thick then add some boiling water to it to thinning it.