Ethiopian Ground Beef Mild Stew (minchet-abesh Alicha)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 cup onion (thinly chopped)
• 1/2 cup clarified butter
• 1/4 cup wine (if preferred)
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom (false)
• 1/4 ginger powder or 1 tablespoon fresh ginger root juice
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder (diced) or 1 teaspoon garlic clove (diced)
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric or 1/4 teaspoon curry
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper powder
• 4 cups water (boiled)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 in medium pot sauté the onion using one cup of boiled water by adding two tablespoon each time until the onion is soft and golden brown.
• 2 in the cooked onion, add one cup boiled water, purified butter, garlic, ginger, bishop weeds, wine and turmeric. cook for 5 minutes.
• 3 on a baking pan, spread the ground beef and cook it in oven or stir-fry until brown.
• 4 sprinkle the stir-fry ground beef in the sauce; mix well; add two cups boiled water; cover and cook it for 20 minutes or until simmers.
• 5 add to the stew pepper, salt and false cardamom; cook it for 5 minutes; remove from heat.
• 6 serve it hot with injera, rice, bread or as desired.
• 7 * you will find these spices in ethiopian or indian shops/groceries.
• 8 ** please go to www.yewoinfamilycooking.com to see how to prepare clarified/purified butter (nitir kebe).