Mataziz (dough pieces in vegetable stew)

Recipe No.: G-12

Gulf90 minServes 6

Mataziz is a home-style dish of dough cut into small pieces and cooked in a meat and vegetable stew until it absorbs the flavour. It is attributed to Najd, Qassim and the Hijaz with similar methods, and it is a winter dish.

Ingredients for Mataziz

• For the dough
• 2 cupswheat flour (plain or whole-wheat) and salt
• ¾ cupAbout water and 1 tbsp oil
• For the stew
• 500 gbone-in lamb
• 2onions, chopped, and 3 cloves garlic
• 3tomatoes and 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 3 tbspghee or oil
• 1 tbspmixed spice and 1 tsp turmeric
• 2dried black limes (loomi), pierced
• 1zucchini, 2 carrots, 2 potatoes and a piece of pumpkin
• 1.5 litreswater and salt

Method

1. Knead the flour with salt, water and oil into a soft dough and rest it, covered, for 30 minutes.
2. Brown the onion in ghee, add the lamb, garlic and spices and stir 10 minutes.
3. Add the tomatoes, paste, loomi, water and salt and simmer 1 hour until tender.
4. Add the carrots, potatoes and pumpkin and cook 10 minutes.
5. Divide the dough into small balls, roll each out thin and cut into squares or strips.
6. Add the dough gradually to the boiling stew, stirring gently, then the zucchini, and cook 15 minutes until the dough is cooked and the broth thickens.
7. Serve hot in a deep dish.

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