Etli nohut – chickpea stew with beef

Name: Etli nohut – chickpea stew with beef
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 500 g diced beef (halal); 2 tins chickpeas (400 g each) or 250 g dried, soaked; 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic; 1 tbsp tomato paste, 1 tbsp biber salçası; 3 tbsp oil or butter; 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp pul biber, salt, pepper; 500 ml hot water

Etli nohut is the lunch of every Turkish lokanta: beef is braised until soft, then chickpeas and a tomato and pepper sauce are added. With rice and ayran it is a complete meal.

Time: 80 minServings: 4Difficulty: easy

Method

Brown the meat in hot oil, add onion and garlic and soften.
Stir in the pastes, add the water, cover and braise for 50 minutes until the meat is tender.
Rinse the chickpeas, add and simmer for another 15 minutes.
Season with cumin, pul biber, salt and pepper.
Serve with rice or bulgur pilav.

Tip from the storeBeef shoulder or shin from our halal counter turns especially tender when braised.

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