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Ingredients:

750 grams boneless stewing lamb or beef (For Vegetarian dish, use mushrooms)

1 large onion, finely chopped

1/3 cup of cooking oil

1 teaspoon turmeric

1 ½ cups water

6-8 dried limes (dimple with a knife)

¾ cup black-eye beans or kidney beans (soaked in water overnight)

2 cups of dried 7 herbs

Salt and pepper

Directions:

Trim meat and cut into 2 cm cubes.  Fry onion over medium heat in half of the oil until golden.  Add turmeric and fry for 2 more minutes.

Increase heat, add meat cubes and stir over high heat until meat changes colour and begins to turn brown.  Reduce heat.

While the meat is been sautéed , fry the herb in some oil until they are fragrant and deepening in colour.  Make sure you don’t overcook the herbs, this process is to waken the herbs.

Add water, dried limes, black-eye or kidney beans, salt, pepper and herbs to the meat.  Cover and simmer gently for 1.5 to 2 hours until meat is tender.  Cooking time depends on the type of meat used.

Once cooked, serve with white rice.