Güveҫ - a Turkish lamb stew

This is an 'easy-to-make-meal', and so tasty. Best to take your time, because slow cooked you get the best result. A variety of flavours. Actualy we tasted this dish in Armenia on a stay with a really sweet family. The grandmother cooked for us and her children. A typical traditional Eurasian meal. Serve it with flatbreads or pasta or anything you like,

What you need

- 3 tbsp olive oil

- 2 onions

- 500 gr lamb (small cubes or minced)

- 2 small tins tomato puree

- 500 gr tomatoes

- 4 potatoes

- 2 garlic cloves

- 1 large eggplant

- 1 large zucchini

- ½ turnip

- 10 green Turkish long peppers

- 2 red sweet Turkish long peppers

- dried or fresh mint

- oregano

- 1 handfull fresh coriander

- Lambsmeat herbs

- and you can add anything you have in the fridge

How to prepare it

Step 1: Chop the onions and put them in a large saucepan. Add the garlic cloves and cook on a low heat untill soft.

Step 2: Add the meat and cook untill brown. Then add the tomatoe puree and cook for a few mintues more.

Step 3: Skin the tomatoes, take away the seeds and cut them in large parts. Add them to te pan and cook for 5 minutes.

Step 4: Preheat the oven on 130 degrees C and meanwhile peel the potatoes and cut in large parts. Cut the other vegetable in large parts. Add the vegetable with the herbs to the saucepan. Mix well.

Step 5: Put the pan in the preheated oven and simmer for about two hours.