A Yemeniyah's Recipes

You might have come across this dish in Yemeni restaurants. Usually it’s meat [beef, lamb or chicken] with vegetables [popularly with potatoes or carrots]. You can add any vegetables you like. I added green beans and potatoes. Alright Bismillah let’s start. You will need:

1) 2 pounds of lamb cut into 2 bite-size cubes with or without bone

2) 2 medium onions diced

3) 3 tbslp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

4) 1 red chili pepper cut down the middle

5) fistful of of green beans

6) 3 medium potatoes halved or quartered [you don’t want them to look bigger than the meat so eyeball how  you should cut them]

7) 3 cloves of garlic finely minced

8) 1 tsp of ground cumin

9) 1 tsp of ground coriander

10) 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon

11) 1/4 tsp of ground black pepper

12) 1/4 of a cube of beef or chicken bouillon

13) tomato peeled and diced

14) salt to taste

15) 2 tblsp of cilantro finely chopped

I used a pressure cooker to cut on cooking time, but you can use a regular pot of course. Add the oil to the cooker/pot and let them saute. Add the garlic and let that cook, but make sure it does not burn. Then add the meat and let it cook for a little. Then add the rest of the ingredients except for the potatoes and let cook for about 5 minutes. Then add the potatoes and cook for 3 minutes, and then add a cup of water and close the pressure cooker, or cover if you are using a regular pot. Cook under medium low heat until meat is tender. Serve hot with bread.