Gombos Janina (Bamia Okra with Mutton)

Ingredients

• bamias (okra) — 1 kilo
• sheep's-tail fat
• onions
• tomatoes — 4
• mutton flesh
• water
• seasoning

Instructions

1. If the bamias are dry, soak them 24 hours in advance.
2. For one kilo of bamias, brown 125 grammes of chopped onions in sheep's-tail fat.
3. Add 4 tomatoes, peeled, pressed and chopped, and 250 grammes of diced mutton, and cook the whole together for 7 to 8 minutes.
4. Add the well-drained bamias, moisten with very little water and cook gently.
5. Keep the seasoning highly flavoured and serve just as it is.