Yogurt with Meat (Laban Immo)

Laban Immo is meat cooked with yogurt served with rice. It is an Arabic dish famous in Lebanon and Syria.

 2 tablespoons oil
 4 onions, sliced
 500g lamb neck fillet cut into cubes
 Pinch of mixed spices
 2 cups water
 2 Chicken Stock cubes
 5 cups yogurt
 1 egg, beaten
 2 tablespoons cornflower mixed with 2 tbsp. water
 1 tablespoons butter
 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
 1 teaspoons dried mint
 2 tablespoons oil

1

Heat oil in saucepan. Add onion, and fry till soft.

2

Add meat and spices, fry for few minutes, then add the water and Chicken Stock cubes.

3

Bring to the boil, lower the heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour or till the meat is tender.

4

Place yoghurt in a big saucepan and mix with egg and cornflower. Bring to the boil, (stirring all the time) and lower the heat.

5

Add the cooked meat, with its sauce, to the yoghurt and simmer for 10 minutes.

6

Meanwhile, heat the butter in a pan, add garlic and mint, fry for 1 minute, and then pour over the yoghurt and meat mixture. Serve with rice.