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Mataziz

Name: Mataziz
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Saudi Arabia
Ingredients: 500g Lamb; 200g Bread flour; 200g Pumpkin; 1 Eggplant; 1 Zucchini; 2 Tomato; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 Onion; 2 tsp Kabsa spice mix; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1.5L Water

Main Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Flat wheat dough simmered in a tomato stew of lamb and vegetables — a regional dish of Najd in central Saudi Arabia.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mataziz is a traditional dish of the Najd region of central Saudi Arabia: rounds of wheat dough are flattened and simmered in a tomato stew of lamb, squash, eggplant, and zucchini. The chewy dough soaks up the savory broth — a treat for the cold season.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Riyadh home in winter, flat dough, vegetables, and lamb simmer in a big pot and are heaped on a platter for the family.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Lamb 500g
Bread flour 200g
Pumpkin 200g
Eggplant 1
Zucchini 1
Tomato 2
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Onion 1
Kabsa spice mix 2 tsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot, sauté the chopped onion and lamb, and add kabsa spice, tomato paste, and chopped tomato.
Add water and simmer 1 hour.
Knead bread flour with a pinch of salt and about 110ml water and rest 20 minutes.
Cut the squash, eggplant, and zucchini into large pieces and add to the pot.
Pinch off small pieces of dough, flatten thinly, add to the pot, simmer 15 minutes, and season with salt.

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