Recipe of the day: Daowd Basha

Everyone’s favourite on the table during Iftar. Because Ramadan is all about giving, we are  sharing the recipe of The Daily’s popular dish, Daowd Basha.

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SERVES 4-6

PREP TIME (15 minutes)                                                COOK TIME (30 minutes)

Ingredients

• 500 g Minced lamb
• 1 tsp black pepper
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ cup onion (finely sliced)
• ¼ cup parsley (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp ghee
• 500gm Red onion  sliced
• 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 1 kg red tomato (peeled seeded and chopped)
• 1 tsp Tomato paste
• 200 ml tomato juice

Method

1. Mix lamb with onion, parsley, cumin powder, salt & black pepper. Roll into small balls (approx. 3-4 cm)
2. Preheat oven to 180c cook lamb balls for 6-8 minutes till cooked. Keep aside
3. In a pot on medium heat add ghee and sauté onions till soft 5 minutes. Add peeled tomatoes, tomato paste and tomato juice.
4. Reduce the tomato mixture down by a 1/3 till semi thick.
5. Put back into the pot the lamb balls and cook for a few minutes