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Spinach Stew

🇵🇸 Palestine

Spinach Stew

Palestinian sabanekh leans on lemon and cilantro, ladled over rice with a raw onion wedge on the side for the full experience.

🔪 Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 40 min📈 Difficulty: Easy

Cooking for

4 people

What makes it special

Heavy on garlic-cilantro tasha and lemon; often bulked with small meatballs or lamb chunks and eaten with raw onion.

Ingredients

  • 1 kgspinach, washed and chopped
  • 300 glamb cubes or small meatballs
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 6 clovesgarlic
  • 1 bunchfresh cilantro
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 tspallspice
  • 2 tbspolive oil

Method

  1. 1

    Brown the meat with onion and allspice, then simmer until tender.

  2. 2

    Wilt the spinach into the pot in batches.

  3. 3

    Simmer 20 minutes so the flavors settle into each other.

  4. 4

    Fry garlic and cilantro in olive oil and stir through with lemon juice.

  5. 5

    Serve over rice with lemon wedges and raw onion.

🍽 On your table

How this dish looks served for 4

On your table

How Spinach Stew is made elsewhere