Tavas — lamb with rice and vegetables, baked in a clay pot («tava» means clay pot).
Ingredients
Leg of lamb: 1 kg
Rice: 2 cups
Chopped tomatoes and tomato paste: 2 cups
Potatoes (thinly sliced): 2-3
Chopped onions: 2-3
Any vegetable oil: ½ cups
Water: 4 cups
Salt and pepper: to taste
Cooking method
1. Chop the lamb and sprinkle it with salt.
2. Put half the lamb into a pot. Then pour half the rice over it and add the tomato paste. Sprinkle some salt over it and add cumin. Add ½ cups of oil.
3. Add the remaining rice and meat. Then cover everything with potato slices, sprinkle with salt and cumin. Then add tomatoes, pour water and the remaining oil.
4. Cover with a lid and put in a preheated stove (175 ºC). Cook for 3 hours.