3 nigella vegetable stew Recipes

peanut or vegetable oil, divided, lamb shanks, onions, garlic, sprinkling salt, turmeric, ground ginger, dried red chile pepper, crumbled , or 1/4 tsp dried red pepper flakes, ground cinnamon, freshly grated nutmeg, freshly ground black pepper, honey, soy sauce, marsala wine, red lentils, chopped pistachios , chopped blanched almonds or a mixture of both, couscous, salt, cardamom pods, approximately 2 tbsp unsalted butter in 2 slices, sliced almonds, scant 1/4 cup pine nuts, pistachios

olive oil (not extra-virgin), or vegetable oil, onions, roughly chopped, carrots , cut on the diagonal to give slanted oval slices, flour, salt and freshly ground black pepper, dried sage leaves, ground allspice, stewing or chuck steak, diced, orange , zested and juiced, stout, water, bay leaves