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Jazar bi Zeit

A North African way of cooking carrots.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 4

Ingredients

1 pound carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices
Salt
2 cloves garlic, mashed or chopped fine
1 tablespoon dried mint
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Put the carrots in a pan and barely cover with water. Add salt and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes, or until tender. Uncover to let the liquid reduce.

    Step 2

    Add garlic, mint, and olive oil, and cook a few minutes more.

    Step 3

    Serve hot or warm.

  2. Variation

    Step 4

    A Tunisian version calls for 1 tablespoon tomato paste in the cooking water.

Cover of Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Easter Food, featuring a blue filigree bowl filled with Meyer lemons and sprigs of mint.
Reprinted with permission from The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, copyright © 2000 by Claudia Roden, published by Knopf. Buy the full book on Amazon or Bookshop.
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