•2 ½ cups stock
•400g tomato paste
•1 tablespoon butter
•Oil
•Salt, pepper, paprika, cinnamon, to taste
•Juice of 1 lemon
•Pickles, lemon wedges and sliced fresh chilli, to serve
Method
1Trim both ends of the bamya and cut each bamya in half on the diagonal. Put aside.
2In a deep pan add butter and a few lugs of oil. Add onions and stir. Once they are brown, add the garlic.
3Then add the meat and stir occasionally until the meat is completely cooked.
4To make the tomato sauce, add the stock and the tomato paste into the same pan and stir until it is mixed through. Season with salt, pepper, paprika, cinnamon and let the tomato sauce come to a boil for a few minutes.
5Add the bamya. After 5 minutes, reduce the heat to low and add lemon juice.
6Cook for 20 minutes or until the okra is soft. Serve over hot rice. Accompany with pickles, wedges of lemon, and for extra warming of the heart, slices of fresh chilli.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This story has been a long time in the making, sustained by the endless encouragement of my family, especially my mother, Fay, and the sympathetic ears of my dearest friends. I especially must thank the wonderful Kate O’Connor for her boundless enthusiasm as my first reader, and my fellow writers and friends for their critiques and laughs: Kyo Louis, David Bausor, E.J Swift, Dominique Jackson, Colin Tucker and Jacqui Hazell.
I am indebted to Selwa Anthony for her appreciation of the quirky. Thanks to everyone at Harlequin Books, particularly Jo Mackay for believing in this story. Thanks also to Alex Craig for her fantastic editorial advice.
Finally, I thank Ash Smith and Nevenka Kunjasich for shining so brightly.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Suzanne Salem was born in Sydney and raised in a world of mixed cultures, language, food and stories. She has loved playing with words and characters for as long as she can remember; and when she isn’t writing she can often be found concocting vegan desserts and hula hooping, both with mixed success.
Fava Beans for Breakfast is her first novel.
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First Published 2017
First Australian Paperback Edition 2017
ISBN 978 148921604 5
FAVA BEANS FOR BREAKFAST
© 2017 by Suzanne Salem
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