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Saltah
A meat stew served boiling in a stone pot under a whipped fenugreek froth called hulba.
4 servings · 130 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
- 60 g Fenugreek seeds, soaked overnight
- 600 g Lamb, diced
- 300 g Potatoes
- 4 piece Tomatoes
- 2 piece Onion
- 6 clove Garlic
- 3 tbsp Zhug sauce
- 2 piece Eggs
- 150 g Rice, cooked
- 4 piece Flatbread, to serve
- 60 ml Vegetable oil
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Drain the soaked fenugreek, rinse it several times and grind it to a paste.
- Whip the paste with cold water for ten minutes, by whisk or mixer, until it turns into a white froth.
- Fry the onion and garlic, add the meat and brown it.
- Add the tomatoes and potato, cover with water, season and stew an hour, until the meat is tender.
- Heat a stone or cast-iron pot until very hot and transfer the boiling stew into it.
- Break the eggs into the boiling stew and stir; they set into threads.
- Spoon the hulba and a spoon of zhug on top and carry it to the table still bubbling. Serve with bread and rice.
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