Molokhia with Tomatoes

Name: Molokhia with Tomatoes
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1.5 kg fresh molokhia (or ~100 g dried (original: 1/2 uqiya dried)); 1 kg meat or chicken with bones; several cups chopped tomatoes; 1 tsp ground coriander

A tomato-based molokhia that borrows the same garlic-and-coriander foundation, then turns sharper and lighter with added tomato and table lemon. It is served, again, with fluffy rice.

Prep 35 min · Cook 70 min · Total 105 min · Difficulty: medium

Servings

Ingredients

1 1/2 kg

fresh molokhia — or ~100 g dried (original: 1/2 uqiya dried)

1 kg

meat or chicken with bones

several cups

chopped tomatoes

1 tsp

ground coriander

Method

Cook the meat into a broth first, then prepare the molokhia base with the same garlic-and-coriander seasoning used in the neighboring recipe.

Add hot tomato near the end, let the pot finish gently, and serve with rice and fresh lemon squeezed over each plate.

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