SLOW COOKED BEEF AND DATE STEW

Ingredients......1 tbs of canola oil, 1 kg of beef rump cut into cubes, 2 onions , peeled and roughly chopped, 2 tbs of minced garlic, 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon, 1 tysp of ground cumin, 1 tsp of minced ginger, 1/2 tsp of ground rumeric, 1 tsp of ground coriander, 500ml of beef stock, 1 x 400gm can of diced tomatoes, 1 cup of dates roughly chopped, cracked black pepper, slivered almond and parsley for the garnish, steamed rice to serve. Lightly spray the bowl of your slow cooker with oil, turn on low to heat. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat and brown the cubed beefin two batches, remove to prepared bowl of your slow cooker. Add the onions to the saucepan and cook till the onions are tender, add the garlic, ginger and spices, along with the dates, tomatoes and stock. Mix to combine and bring to the boil, then add the mixture to the beef in your slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 6 hours. Season to taste with cracked pepper. Serve over steamed/ boiled rice and garnish with parsley and slivered almonds.