Cabbage Stew with Beef (Etli Kapuska)

Ingredients:

- 1/2 pound stew beef or lamb
- 1 medium cabbage, coarsely chopped
- 3 medium onions or 2 big ones, diced
- 3 tbsp butter or you can also use olive oil
- 3-4 tomatoes, diced or 1 can diced tomatoes
- 2 tbsp pepper paste (use tomato paste if you cannot find red pepper paste)
- 1 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- salt and pepper
- red hot chilies or any hot chilies you want

Preparation:

-Heat butter in a pot on medium heat and add stew beef. First meat will get juicy and soak the juice in.
-Once it loses its moisture, stir in onion and cook until soft, but not browned (approximately 7-10 minutes)
-Add pepper paste, red pepper flakes, and paprika. Stir for a couple of minutes.
-Add tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes.
-Add 1 cup of water and simmer for 50 minutes to an hour until the meat is tender.
-Meanwhile chop the cabbage coarsely, wash, and rinse.
-When meat is cooked, stir in cabbage. Add 1/2 cup of hot water or more if necessary. It shouldn't be a watery dish but not too dry either. Simmer for half an hour.

Serve with crusty bread to soak the delicious juice.

kapuska is tastier if it's spicy.

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