Bazeen

Method

1. 1 Prepare the sauce first: sauté the onions with the lamb, tomato sauce, harissa, and spices for 10 minutes, then simmer with 500 ml of water for 50 minutes.
2. 2 Boil 300 ml of water, then sprinkle in the barley flour and beat with a wooden pestle for 12 minutes until a thick paste forms.
3. 3 The dough must be thick enough to be molded into a round, upright shape in the center of the plate; this is the required shape for the screen.
4. 4 Place the dough ball in the center of a deep dish, then pour the meat sauce around the base of the ball.
5. 5 Arrange the mashed potatoes and halved hard-boiled eggs around the edge, and eat by scraping the batter from the top down and mixing it with the sauce.

With an appliance

• Pressure cooker 1 hr

  Replace step 1: simmer the meat in a pressure cooker for 22 minutes at high pressure with 400 ml of water, then release the pressure naturally; continue whisking the flour by hand as in step 2.