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Emirati Margoog

مرقوق/mar-GOOK/
Emirati Margoog
About this dish

A thick stew of vegetables and meat with torn dough pieces cooked directly in the broth.

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Ingredients
🥩500g lamb or chicken, cubed
🎃1 cup pumpkin, cubed
🥔2 potatoes, cubed
🌾2 cups flour, for dough pieces
Method
Serves 2
1
Simmer the meat with onion and warm spices until tender.
2
Add pumpkin, potato, and carrot, continuing to simmer.
3
Make a simple dough from flour and water, rolling and cutting into thin flat pieces.
4
Drop the dough pieces directly into the simmering stew.
5
Cook until the dough is tender and the stew has thickened.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Margoog is a traditional Emirati one-pot stew, distinguished by rolled dough pieces cooked directly in the vegetable broth.

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