|
Corete with beef (Mloukhiya)
|
beef meat : 750g
onion : one
Mloukhia (corete) : 100g
hot chilli sauce : 1/2 tablespoonful
oil : 2 diciliters
dried mint : some branches
bay : 2 leaves
tabil (spice) : 1/2 tablespoonful
dried garlic : 2 cloves
table salt and pepper : according to taste
|
Meat is cut into equal pieces,
they are spiced with tabil, salt and pepper and left aside.
2 or 3 cloves of garlic are peeled and crushed with a pinch
of salt. a small onion is peeled and cut into thin slices.
some branches of dried mint are thinned out and crumbled.
Mloukhia is diluted without heating with oil in a cooking
pot . it is put on fire mixed coutinuously with a wooden spoon
so that the (coret) doesn't stick to the pot's inside surface,
and that it becomes well mixed. As the mixture becomes consistent
and thick containing no lumps, one liter and a half of water
is poured and brought to the boil. heat is, then reduced and
the mixture is left cooking under cover, without forgetting
to stir it from time to time with the addition of some water
so that the sauce keeps its initial volume. A the mucus(mucilage)
is totally absorbed, the meat pieces are added with the bay
leaves, the crushed garlic, the chopped onion, the chilli
sauce and the ground dried mint. the sauce is mixed and left
cooking in the same way as the begining for at least 2 hours.
As meat is cooked, the pot is uncovered to reduce the sauce
when water is totally evaporated (replaced by the floating
oil) this means that, cooking is achieved. the bay leaves
are eliminated, salt is checked and the pot is removed from
fire the dish is finally, served hot.
N.B. : beef meat in this dish can be replaced with the beef's
head, the camel's flesh, tripe or andouilktte (small sausage
made of chitterlings)
|