Cooking Times

30 min
Prep Time
155 min
Cook Time
185 min
Total Time

Ingredients (12 items)

4.00 cups Barley flour
2.00 lbs Lamb
cubed
0.50 cup Tomato paste
3.00 large Potatoes
quartered
1.00 cup Chickpeas
soaked
2.00 large Onions
chopped
6.00 cloves Garlic
minced
2.00 tsp Cumin
2.00 tbsp Harissa
0.50 cup Olive oil
10.00 cups Water
2.00 tbsp Salt

Instructions (8 steps)

1
Brown lamb in olive oil. Add onions, garlic, cumin, harissa.
15 minutes
2
Add tomato paste, 6 cups water, chickpeas. Simmer 90 minutes.
90 minutes
3
Add potatoes. Cook 30 minutes until tender.
30 minutes
4
Make bazin: boil 4 cups salted water. Gradually add barley flour.
5
Stir vigorously 20 minutes until extremely thick and smooth.
20 minutes
6
Shape into large smooth dome on serving platter.
7
Make well in center. Pour lamb stew into well and around dome.
8
Serve communally. Tear pieces of bazin, dip in stew.