Tashreeb - Middle Eastern Recipe

Tashreeb

🌍 Middle Eastern, Iraq Difficulty: ●●●○○

Tashreeb is considered one of the most ancient dishes in continuous preparation in the Arab world; it appears in descriptions of 10th-century Abbasid Baghdad.

Ingredients

• 600 g lamb or chicken, bone-in pieces
• 2 large onions, roughly chopped
• 4 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp baharat
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 cardamom pods
• 1 litre water or stock
• 4 tbsp ghee or oil
• Old flatbread (khubz or pita) for soaking
• Fresh parsley and lemon to serve

Method

1. Browning — Brown meat in ghee; add onions and cook until golden.
2. Adding — Add spices and cook 1 minute.
3. Adding — Add tomatoes, tomato paste, and water.
4. Simmering — Simmer, covered, 1–1.5 hours until meat is tender.
5. Step 5 — Break flatbread into pieces; arrange in serving bowl.
6. Pouring — Pour hot broth over bread to soak completely.
7. Arranging — Arrange meat over bread; ladle extra broth over top.
8. Garnishing — Garnish with parsley and serve with lemon.

Tags: lamb or chicken, onions, tomatoes, tomato paste, baharat · Source: Brittani's Almanac