CULINARY Juicy braised ram

With Eid Al-Adha upon us again, it’s important to serve the absolute best dishes to please your family and guests. Instead of the regular fried ram meat, here’s a recipe that is even more delicious and flavourful that can be enjoyed with rice, vegetables or any other complement of your choice. Ingredients • A big chunk of ram meat Potatoes 12 cloves crushed • • of garlic, • 6 carrots • Thyme • Bay leaves • 2 large onions, sliced • 3 cups of stock • Parsley • Seasoning to taste Directions Heat your oven or broiler at 325 degrees. Generously slather the seasoning on your ram meat, add half of the onion and garlic to the ram in the tray and put in the oven. Cook for 40 minutes before removing from the oven.

Place the potatoes, carrots, thyme, bay leaves and the rest of the onions and garlic with the ram. Pour the stock and

Tigernut and coconut drink is a highly nutritious drink, not to mention how tasty. It’s a hit in every home. Ingredients • Tigernuts • Coconut • Sugar • Dates • Ginger cover with foil paper. Return it to the oven and cook for three hours, turning the lamb at halfway and coating it with the juices.

Once it’s tender and well cooked, serve your braised ram with your side dish of choice. Directions Wash your tigernuts to remove sand and stones, then soak overnight.

Blend the tigernuts with the coconut, dates and ginger. Use a muslin cloth to separate the milk from the solids.

Add sugar to the milk to taste and chill in the fridge.

Enjoy.