Macedonian-style vegetable and meat stew {turli tava}

Ingredients

• Preheat oven to 400.
• 1 pound of mixed meat ? pork and beef ? cut in chunks for stew
• Sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 medium onion, peeled and roughly chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2 medium potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 medium carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 medium eggplant, stem removed and roughly chopped
• 2 red or green bell peppers, stems and seeds removed, roughly chopped
• 1 large tomato, roughly chopped
• 1 1/2 cups of okra, tops and tails cut off, blanched in salted water for 1 minute, rinsed and drained (if unavailable replace with green beans)
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup water
• Parsley, roughly chopped to garnish