Recipe

Asia🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesDubai
Emirati Salona
Emirati · easy · serves 4
prep 20 min · cook 55 min
~419 cal · 47g protein · 32g carbs · 10g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Tangy tomato stew with meat and vegetables
🇦🇪 Dubai
Salona is the everyday stew of Emirati homes, a comforting pot of meat, chicken, or fish simmered with vegetables in a spiced tomato broth sharpened by loomi (dried lime). Served with rice, it is the humble, sour-savory counterpart to the grand festive machboos on the Gulf table.
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Ingredients
Serves 4
1.5 lb lamb, chicken, or fish
3 tomatoes
2 tbsp tomato paste
2 potato
2 carrot
1 zucchini
2 dried lime (loomi)
1 tbsp bezar spice mix
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
1 green chili
Instructions
1
Brown the meat (or chickpeas and mushrooms) with the onion and garlic.
2
Add the tomato, tomato paste, bezar, and pierced dried limes.
3
Pour in water and simmer until the meat is nearly tender.
4
Add the vegetables and cook until soft and the broth is tangy.
5
Season and serve with white rice.
Dubai tradition.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Dubai. Where breakfast can be saffron vermicelli with egg.
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United Arab Emirates. Pearl-diving coast turned crossroads of the Gulf table.
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Asia. From street-cart woks to slow monastery kitchens.
The story behind this dish is up top — worth a read while the pot works.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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