Okra Stew with Meat Dumplings
Kubba Bamia
Okra Stew with Meat Dumplings
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Fine semolina
- 1 lb. Ground beef
- 1 Onion grated
- 2 Dried limes
- Salt and pepper
- Flour
- 1 Onion chopped
- 2 Tbsp. Oil
- 2 Garlic cloves minced
- 3 oz. Tomato paste
- 1/4 Cup Celery leaves chopped
- 1/4 Cup Flat leafed parsley or coriander chopped
- 1/2 Lemon juiced
- 1 tsp. Sugar
- 2 lbs. Okra small, tender
Instructions
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Put semolina in bowl with 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Moisten with enough water to make a firm paste. Dough should be doughy and elastic.
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Mix meat, onion, ground dried limes, and pepper.
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Dust your hands with flour, take a walnut-sized lump of dough, roll into a ball, and flatten thin between palms of hands.
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Place a teaspoon of filling in center, bring dough over filling, and close gap.
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Fry onion in oil til golden. Add garlic, and rest of the ingredients and enough water to cover dumplings when they are added.
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Bring to boil and simmer for a few minutes. Drop dumplings very gently. Cook for about 25 minutes or when dumplings become soft and float.