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Qatari Saloona

Name: Qatari Saloona
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Qatar
Ingredients: 400g Chicken Thigh; 2 Potato; 1 Carrot; 1 Zucchini; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Ground Coriander; A pinch Cinnamon powder; 1/2 Lime; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 600ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Vegetables and meat stewed with tomato and spices — Qatar's home stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Saloona is a stew made almost daily in Gulf homes: lamb, chicken, or fish is stewed with vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, zucchini, and eggplant in tomato and the Gulf spice mix baharat. Eaten with rice or thin bread, it's an everyday Qatari taste.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At lunch in a Qatari home, a pot of red stew chunky with vegetables sits beside a big platter of white rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 400g
Potato 2
Carrot 1
Zucchini 1
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Garlic 2 cloves
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Ground Coriander 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder A pinch
Lime 1/2
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Water 600ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and sauté the chopped onion and garlic.
Add the chicken and spices and stir-fry.
Add the chopped tomato, tomato paste, sliced lime, water, and salt and simmer 15 minutes.
Add the potatoes, carrots, and zucchini cut large and simmer 25 minutes.
Serve with rice.

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