The basic direction for Armenian style stews or meats cooked with vegetables is as follows:
Braise the meat in a little butter, add onions and cook a few minutes more. If the vegetable to be used is of the variety that takes longer to cook, then add vegetable, tomato sauce and seasoning to meat and cook together covered on slow fire or bake in oven until tender.
If the vegetable is of the variety that does not take long to cook, then add water to the braised meat and cook covered on slow fire until almost tender, about 30 minutes, then add your vegetable, tomato and seasonings and cook another 30 minutes, or until done.
Practically any vegetable may be cooked with meat in this manner.