Cheat's lagman – Uyghur style lamb with noodles | Recipe | A kitchen in Istanbul

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp olive oil (I use a mild extra virgin, plus extra for the noodles)
• 500 g lamb meat (lean or fatty according to personal preferance, cut into long strips or 1½ cm (½ in) cubes)
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 medium onion (halved and cut into ½ cm (⅕ in) slices)
• 40 g tomato paste
• 5 garlic cloves (sliced thinly)
• 1 dried chili (or fresh, sliced)
• 1 red romano peppers (cut into 2 cm (1 in) pieces)
• 1 Turkish green peppers (sivri/çarliston biber) (cut into 2 cm (1 in) pieces)
• 3 celery sticks (cut into 1 cm slices at an angle)
• 250 g cherry tomatoes (halved)
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 ½ tsp Chinese black rice vinegar (Chinkiang)
• 500 g egg noodles (or spaghetti or equivalent home made pasta)
• boiling water
• salt and pepper