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Mubakbaka

Name: Mubakbaka
Total time: 1h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Libya
Ingredients: 500g spaghetti, broken; 500g lamb, cubed; 1 onion; 3 tomatoes, grated; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 2 tsp bharat; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp turmeric; Olive oil; Salt

Tripolitanian one-pot pasta braised directly in a spiced lamb-tomato sauce — the everyday Libyan spaghetti bake without an oven.

1h 6 servings Easy

Ingredients

• 500g spaghetti, broken
• 500g lamb, cubed
• 1 onion
• 3 tomatoes, grated
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tsp bharat
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp turmeric
• Olive oil
• Salt

Method

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Brown lamb with onion; add tomato, paste and spice; cover with 1.5 L water; simmer 45 min.

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1
Brown lamb with onion; add tomato, paste and spice; cover with 1.5 L water; simmer 45 min.
2
Add pasta straight into the sauce; simmer 12 min stirring until pasta drinks the liquid.
3
Rest 5 min; serve with green chilli on the side.