Stew Italiano

Ingredients

• beef stew meat (1 kg)
  2 lbs
• T pure vegetable oil (30ml)
  2 unit
• qt. water (1 L)
  1 unit
• onions (quartered)
  2 unit
• carrots (cut into chunks)
  4 unit
• celery (cut into chunks)
  2 stalks
• mushrooms (cleaned) (500 g)
  1 lb
• garlic
  2 cloves
• t oregano (2 ml)
  1/2 unit
• t thyme (2 ml)
  1/2 unit
• t paprika (1 ml)
  1/4 unit
• T salt (15 ml)
  1 unit
• water (60 ml)
  1/4 cup
• T cornstarch (30ml)
  2 unit
• C sour cream (250 ml)
  1 unit