Mohamed's Mean Lamb Cutlets
This dish is a tagine, though these days most moroccan home cooks do not use a tagine any longer due to the cost of gas for cooking. Pressure cooking is the preferred method of making a tagine today. You will find tagine cooking in a tagine now in the very rural areas where there is no stove present and/or for tourist show. Tagine simply means to stew and this can be done in a dutch oven, large heavy pot, or pressure cooker. We serve this on a communal platter with bread, salad and olives when we are in an olive mood. This is a dish made by my husband quite often when i can't or don't feel like cooking. I have made it as well and it is a great winter warmer! P.s. We serve every meal with hajar's wicked sauce tomatish which freezes well. c.2005
Steps
Brown the seasoned chops in 1 tablespoons of the oil in a skillet.
Set aside.
Saut onions , garlic , in a stewing or large pot in the other 1 tablespoons of oil until onions are translucent.
Add the cooking salt , pepper , ginger and paprika.
Saut with the onions and garlic for 1 minute.
Add the chops to the pot along with the water and drop in the parsley and coriander parcels.
Add tomato and stir being careful not to dislodge the herb packets.
Bring to the boil.
Cover and simmer on low heat 30 minutes.
Uncover and simmer on medium low heat another 15 minutes.
Place the chops onto a platter and cover with the brothy sauce.
Serve with bread , salad and a cold drink.
Follow with a pot of mint tea.
P.
S.
Yes , mohamed and i serve sauce tomatish with this too ! we love the stuff , what can i say ? !.
Ingredients
shoulder lamb chops, sweet white onions, garlic cloves, fresh tomatoes, flat leaf parsley, fresh coriander, cooking oil, salt, fresh ground black pepper, ground ginger, paprika, water