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9. CELERY WITH MEAT.
KEREVIZ BASDI.
Ingredients:
Meat........... 1/2 pound, fat, of mutton or lamb.
Celery ....................... 3 to 4 whole stalks.
Tomatoes... 1 to 2, ripe (or 2 to 3 tablespoonfuls of canned tomatoes).
Broth (or plain water)................. 3 cupfuls.
Eggs .......................................... 2.
Lemon ......................................... 1.
Salt and red pepper, to taste.
Method:
Cut the meat into small walnut-sized pieces and fry in own fat. Then cut the
celery into one and one-half-inch lengths and put with the fried meat. Season
with salt and the red pepper, adding also the tomatoes cut into small pieces.
Cover the whole with the broth and boil over a moderate fire until the meat and
the celery are very tender.
When done, dressing made of the beaten eggs and the juice of lemon should be
poured over, after the mixture is first blended with part of the gravy of the
Basdi.
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