Spicy Middle Eastern Stir Fry.........(Kilayah)

Submitted by chef FIFI

"This is a recipe for a basic middle eastern stir fry, which uses alot of tomatoes as its base. This usually is served with a side of rice or middle eastern bread for dipping. I usually make this dish as a dinner, but sometimes even as a one of my breakfast dishes. This dish is common throught the middle east, but referred to differently such as Alayeh, Ghalabah e.t.c. and recipe varies. You can add diced tender beef or lamb, carots, green peppers e.t.c. This is how we like it in our house."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 2 cups diced tomatoes
• 3⁄4 cup chopped onion
• 2 -3 tablespoons hot pepper (serrano preferrably, may add more or less to suite taste)
• 2 tablespoons of minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 maggi chicken bouillon cube
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil (or less)

directions

1. Place oil in a nonstick frying pan under high heat. Once the oil is very hot add the onions in.Stir the onions and let cook for about 2 minutes.
2. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Stir. Cover and let cook for about 5 minutes. Stir again, make sure you stir frequently to avoid sticking. Stir fry with be thick. If you feel it is too thick, add just a tiny bit of water. I usually dont have to, and by adding the water, it dilutes the flavor a bit.Place on medium heat.Let cook until the tomatoes have cooked down. Remove from heat. Enjoy!

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

Simple with lots of possibilities. I made ours vegitarian while waiting on an organic meat shipment. I used organic canned pinto beans including their liquid, organic canned tomatoes that were almost a puree, organic onion, cayenne pepper powder in place of the hot pepper, to taste, organic garlic, no Maggi cube because of the ingredients, less home-made organic ghee instead of GMO oil and no cinnamon. We ate it with some organic kifer on top. Made for Welcome To Palestine!

 

[AzSharouk]

The dish is decent. I made it with chicken, red and green peppers, and carrots. Next time I think i will use a different tomato product for sauce and fresh tomatoes. Also I found such a large amount of oil to be unnecessary.

 

[UmmKareem]

This dish is so delicious! My husband enjoyed it so much that he wants me to make it again this week! Another thing, it is so easy to make!!! Thank you so much!

 

[chef zermane dit ze]

Dear Chef Fifi I just love this dish. I added cooked chickpeas, chicken 2 T tomato paste and 1 cup water 1/2 t sugar and dropped chilli to 1/2 a green chilli and it was absolutely delicious, likewise your other recipes are lovely as well. Please post some more they are great. Ma salaama Chef Zermane

 

[Gerry]

My first attempt at a Middle East Stir Fry, it was an absolute winner at our house. Not surprisingly as it had all the ingredients we love and on occasion we also enjoy spicy. So Good. As suggested I added diced beef, carrots and green peppers. I used the allspice but only a shake of the cinnamon(may use more next time around) ... made for a delicious one dish meal. A keeper! Thank you FIFI for sharing this recipe that will be seeing many repeats!