Traditional Turkish Stew Recipe

Ingredients:

• 500 g chopped beef,
• 1 onion, chopped,
• 1 potato, cut into cubes,
• 1 zucchini, cut into cubes,,
• 1 eggplant, cut into cubes,
• 1 red pepper, chopped,
• 1 green pepper, chopped,
• 2 tomatoes, diced,
• 2 cloves of garlic, grated,
• 1,5 tbsps tomato paste,
• 2 tsps ground red pepper,
• Salt to taste,
• 2 cus hot water,
• 4-5 tbsps vegetable oil.

Preparation:

1. Heat a pan, add beef and saute for 10-15 mins., constantly stirring, set aside into a plate,
2. Add oil and tomato paste to the pan, sautee until smells good,
3. Add water and salt, stir well, remove from heat,
4. Place onion and garlic into a stew dish,
5. Add beef, potato, zucchini, eggplant and peppers respectively,
6. Add tomato paste sauce over,
7. Cover the dish with a lid or wax paper and aluminium foil and bake in a 200 C degrees pre-heated oven for 2 hours,
8. Remove from oven, place the tomatoes on top and bake for another 30 mins.

Bon appetit…