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Bamia

🇸🇾 Syria

Bamia

Aleppo's bamia loves baby okra, pomegranate molasses, and a gentle sweet-sour finish.

🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 70 min📈 Difficulty: Easy

Cooking for

4 people

What makes it special

Tiny okra pods and a spoon of pomegranate molasses — the Aleppan signature.

Ingredients

  • 500 gbaby okra
  • 500 glamb cubes
  • 500 mltomato passata
  • 2 tbsppomegranate molasses
  • 4 clovesgarlic
  • ½ bunchfresh coriander

Method

  1. 1

    Stew the lamb until tender.

  2. 2

    Add okra, passata, and molasses; simmer gently.

  3. 3

    Finish with sizzled garlic and fresh coriander.

  4. 4

    Serve with rice and a wedge of lemon.

🍽 On your table

How this dish looks served for 4

On your table

How Bamia is made elsewhere