DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Bamieh
Also known as: بامية
Okra and beef in tomato sauce with a fried garlic-and-basil finish.
About Bamieh
Razan Masri shares this classic Levantine bamieh from her mother, Suzie. Small okra pods and beef cubes sit in a sauce made with tomato paste, tomato juice and chopped tomatoes.
Sugar balances the tomato base, with optional black pepper, mixed spice and shata adding further seasoning. A fried garlic-and-basil adha supplies the distinctive aromatic finish.
The whole small okra pods remain distinct beside the beef in the tomato stew. Rice is the usual accompaniment described by the source, ready to carry the sauce and its finishing aromatics.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bamieh
Suzie’s Levantine beef bamieh with basil adha.
- Cooked beef cubes with their cooking stockProtein
- Bay leavesAromatic
- SaltSeasoning
- Small frozen okraBase
- Tomato pasteBase
- Tomato juiceLiquidIngredient page not linked
- Chopped tomatoesBase
- SugarSweetener
- Black pepperSeasoning · Optional
- Mixed spiceSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Olive oilCooking medium · Basil adha
- GarlicAromatic · Basil adha
- BasilAromatic · Basil adha
- WaterLiquid · Optional
- RiceAccompaniment · Serving
- Shata chilli sauceFinish · Optional heat · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Cooked beef cubes with their cooking stock: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source97 asks for cooked beef;99 reuses its stock. Named prepared meat component, full initial cooking formula unprovided; broader beef link. Linked lamb recipe not treated as exact beef instructions.
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed83 and explicitly removed after meat cooking99; source quantities not reproduced.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Initial beef and main sauce list entries consolidated.
- Small frozen okra: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual zero-size bagged frozen source85/98, broader okra link; not chopped long pods.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Commercial Pomi example87, exact product formula unknown.
- Chopped tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader tomato link; source commercial example88, exact product unknown.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional source92.
- Mixed spice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional92, blend unspecified.
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Basil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit conditional stock top-up99 only. Prepared-beef component already includes its own stock; no unnamed initial water or wash medium inferred.
- Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named usual service106; full independent rice preparation unspecified.
- Shata chilli sauce (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected offered shata100 instead of separate whole chilli; exact source condiment form/formula unreported, broader chilli-sauce link.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- JordanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Levantine Cuisine
- Jordanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.