Saltah (Ground Beef Or Lamb Stew) - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 lb ground beef or 1 lb ground lamb
2 onions, chopped
4 yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced into 1/2 inch cubes
2 tomatoes, finely chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
5 cups beef broth
2 large eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons cilantro leaves, finely chopped
2 tablespoons fenugreek seeds, paste (hulbah, and 2 tbsp zhug)
Preparation
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Heat oil in 3 quart saucepan over medium heat.
Add meat and onions; cook, stirring often for 10 minutes.
Add potatoes, tomatoes, salt, pepper and broth.
Bring to boil on high heat, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 1 hour or until meat and potatoes are well cooked, adding water if necessary.
Stir in eggs and cilantro.
Cook 2 more minutes, remove from heat and stir in zhug and hulbah.
Zhug is a middle eastern pesto and hulbah in fenugreek paste.
Purchase them in Middle Eastern grocery stores.
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