Jordanian Mansaf (Lamb with Jameed)

Name: Jordanian Mansaf (Lamb with Jameed)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: middle_eastern
Ingredients: 1½-2 kilogram bone-in lamb shoulder (cut into medium sized pieces); 1½ teaspoons salt; 2 tablespoons olive oil or ghee; water to cover lamb; 10 cardamom pods; 5 bay leaves; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 tablespoon black peppercorns; 2 tablespoons olive oil or ghee; ¼ teaspoon turmeric; 2 teaspoons salt; 3 cups medium gran rice (Egyptian rice) (washed and soaked for 30 minutes (see notes)); 3 cups prepared lamb stock (or water (see notes)); 500 grams liquid jameed (see notes); 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 2 cups prepared lamb stock; 2 large pieces of thin bread like markook; ½ cup blanched almonds (toasted in olive oil to golden brown); ½ cup parsley (chopped)

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A festive Jordanian dish of tender lamb in a tangy jameed yogurt sauce, served over rice and flatbread with almonds and parsley. A special occasion meal.

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Ingredients

8 SERVINGS

For the Lamb

1½–2 kgbone-in lamb shoulder
1½ tspsalt
2 tbspolive oil — or ghee
water — as needed
10cardamom pods
5bay leaves
1cinnamon stick
1 tbspblack peppercorns

For the Rice

2 tbspolive oil — or ghee
¼ tspturmeric
2 tspsalt
3 cupsmedium gran rice (Egyptian rice) — soaked, washed
3 cupsprepared lamb stock — or water

For the Jameed

500 gliquid jameed
2 tbspcornstarch
2 cupsprepared lamb stock

For Serving

2thin bread like markook — large
½ cupblanched almonds — toasted
½ cupparsley — chopped

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Method

3h total

Read the method on Hungry PaprikasAmina Al-Saigh’s original page

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 714mg
Calcium: 170mg
Iron: 5mg

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