Bamieh(Okra) and Lamb (Middle East, Palestine)

This is a tomato sauce based recipe that uses okra. With the lamb meat flavor it tastes great over rice! Not hard to make at all either =) Also, you can substitute the lamb meat for chicken, it comes out just as delicious!

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1  lb lamb (depending on family size, normally about 4 decent sized pieces)
• 1  onion
• 2  bay leaves
• 2  lbs okra (fresh or frozen)
• 3  garlic cloves
• 2⁄3 cup  oil
• 3  ripe tomatoes, finely chopped or 12  ounces tomato sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  coriander
• 1  lemon, juice of
• 3  teaspoons salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1. Wash lamb meat well and place in pot of boiling water with salt and bay leaves.
2. When the meat boils scoop off all the froth that forms, and let boil until it is fully cooked (about 2 1/2 hours, of if using a pressure cooker about 30 minutes).
3. When all the froth is gone add diced onion to the lamb meat.
4. Add the tomato sauce or diced tomatoes into the pot as well, let boil for about ten minutes.
5. Wash fresh okra, cut off stems, and dry thoroughly (frozen okra thaw and dry thoroughly).
6. Fry in hot oil until light brown and tender, and add the garlic to saute in the same oil. Remove from the oil and add lemon juice and spices and add the okra and garlic to the lamb meat.
7. Let boil about 20 minutes longer and then turn off. Serve over rice!