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Loubia bi Zeit

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 6

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds green beans or young runner beans
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
4–5 tablespoons olive oil
4 cloves garlic, sliced
4 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
Salt and pepper

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Top and tail and wash the beans. Cut the runner beans into 2 or 3 pieces.

    Step 2

    In a saucepan, fry the onion in oil until soft. Add garlic, and when the onions and garlic begin to color, add the tomatoes and the beans. Only just cover with water, add salt and pepper, and simmer, uncovered, until the beans are tender and the liquid is reduced.

    Step 3

    Serve cold.

Cover of Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Easter Food, featuring a blue filigree bowl filled with Meyer lemons and sprigs of mint.
Reprinted with permission from The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, copyright © 2000 by Claudia Roden, published by Knopf. Buy the full book on Amazon or Bookshop.
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