Instructions: 1. LAMB: Combine garlic ginger, lemon juice, oil, tomato paste and chile paste in a Ziploc bag. Mix well. Add the lamb. Seal, removing most of the air. Knead the bag to work the marinade into the lamb. Set aside at room temperature while you prepare the vegetables.

2. ONION SQUASH: Heat oil in sprayed 3 to 4 quart nonstick saucepan. Add onion to pan. Add salt, pepper and sugar. Saute until lightly browned (5 to 6 minutes.) Add bite-sized chunks of squash; stir to mix. Season with salt and pepper. Saute for 2 or 3 minutes. Add tomato paste and broth or stock. Bring to a boil. Cover ajar. Reduce heat and simmer until squash is tender: 10 minutes. Set aside.

3. Heat a large nonstick skillet (room to saute). Spray with olive oil. When the pan is very hot, add the lamb and marinade all at once. Brown the lamb quickly. Add the flour and stir until the flour is absorbed. Cook flour until for 1 minute. Add a ladle of broth from the onion squash mixture. Stir to combine. Add more broth. When the flour is incorporated and the sauce bubbling, add the rest of the onion and squash mixture. Fold in the tomato and chickpea sauce. Bring just to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until heated through (5 minutes minimum). Add water if needed to thin the sauce to stew consistency. Adjust seasonings. Add the fresh herbs and lemon zest just before serving.

TIP:
* Use sauce leftover from "Baked Squash with Tomato and Chickpea Sauce" or simmer 1 part chopped stewed tomatoes with 2 parts cooked drained chickpeas; season to taste with onion, garlic, salt and pepper.

Description: "Mildly spicy stew with fresh herbs and hint of lemon"

Start to Finish Time:
"0:30"

NOTES : Its a bit of work but the flavor is well worth the clean up in this variation. The parts are made separately, some, days before, and brought together for a quick meal. This is not the squash and chickpea stew of North Africa with sweet spice of cinnamon and cumin. Its not exactly Mediterranean although it has many of the expected ingredients. Ginger broadens its taste appeal.

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