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tsimmis recipe (no meat)

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Phyllis R Pack
Coram, NY

This came from Eastern Europe with my Grandmother when she came here in 1910. It's basically a sweet stew usually made with meat but adapted to my vegetarian lifestyle.

(1 rating)
yield 12 serving(s)
prep time 45 Min
cook time 5 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For tsimmis recipe (no meat)

  • 8
    medium white potatoes
  • 5
    large sweet potatoes
  • 1
    medium sized onion, sliced.
  • 2 lb
    pitted prunes
  • 3/4 c
    sugar
  • salt to taste
  • 1 lb
    carrots
  • 2 box
    motza ball mix

How To Make tsimmis recipe (no meat)

  • 1
    Peel white and sweet potatoes. Slice them into large chunks. Peel carrots and cut into chunks.
  • 2
    In bottom of dutch oven use 1/2 cup olive oil. Spread sliced onion over bottom of dutch oven.
  • 3
    Add potatoes on top of onions (both white and sweet), add carrots on top of potatoes. Sprinkle with sugar and salt.
  • 4
    Add prunes over carrot and potato mixture. Add boiling water halfway up side of pot. You might have to add more as it cooks down. Give it all a good mix.
  • 5
    Cook on top of stove until mixture comes to a boil. Then put it into the oven and roast until the potatoes and carrots and prunes break down and become soft.
  • 6
    Make the motza ball mix and boil them in water (keep finished balls on the side).
  • 7
    Once the veggies break down, add motza balls to top of potatoes and roast until balls dry out a bit. Watch the water level because if it dries out too fast it will burn.
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