Original video by @moribyan — all credit to the creator.
Embakbaka (One-Pot Libyan Pasta with Lamb)
A cozy one-pot Libyan pasta built on browned, warmly spiced lamb, onion and tomato paste. It's a family comfort dish made for sharing with the people you love.
Ingredients
- —Libyan spice blend · homemade, divided in half
- 1yellow onion · chopped
- —lamb · cubed
- —olive oil
- —tomato paste
- —pasta
Steps
- 1
Make the spice blend from scratch.
- 2
Chop the yellow onion and cut the lamb into cubes.
- 3
Heat a pot until it is very hot, then add the olive oil, the lamb and half of the spice blend. Cook until the lamb is well browned.
- 4
Add the onion and tomato paste to the same pot and cook them down.
Creator's notes
This recipe is from Moribyan's cookbook. It is a family dish her dad taught her mom and later taught her, and the family always cooked it over the campfire on camping trips. Most Libyan households keep the spice blend on hand, but she makes it from scratch here.
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