Mansaf (Jordanian lamb in fermented yoghurt sauce, with rice)

Jordan's national dish: lamb in jameed, a sauce made from dried, salted Bedouin yoghurt, with turmeric rice and toasted nuts. A dish served at weddings and large family celebrations.

Open in Receptnaptár — serving calculator, cook mode, save

Method

Tap a step once you've finished it.

1. Bring the lamb to the boil in plenty of water, skim off the foam, then cook over low heat with the onion, cardamom, bay leaves and pepper for 1.5 hours. ⏱ Timer: 1.5 h
2. If using jameed, break it up the night before and soak it in 1 l lukewarm water, then blend smooth. With yoghurt: mix the yoghurt smooth with the kefir and cornstarch.
3. Slowly bring the yoghurt mixture to the boil in a pot over medium heat, stirring constantly in one direction (this stops it from curdling).
4. Add 400-500 ml of the strained lamb stock, then add the cooked meat, and cook over low heat for 30 minutes. Season with salt. ⏱ Timer: 30 min
5. Rinse the rice, toss in 2 tbsp ghee with the turmeric, pour in 800 ml stock, salt it, and cook covered over low heat for 15 minutes. ⏱ Timer: 15 min
6. Place the flatbread on a large round platter, drizzle with a ladleful of the yoghurt sauce, pile the rice on top, and arrange the meat over that.
7. Toast the almonds and pine nuts in the remaining ghee, pour them over the meat, and sprinkle with parsley.
8. Serve the remaining hot sauce in a separate bowl, to be poured over the rice.

A Receptnaptár original recipe. Calories and protein are estimated.

Tips

• Always stir the yoghurt in one direction while it comes to the boil, or it will curdle.
• Jameed can be found in Arab grocery stores; yoghurt makes a milder but good substitute.

Similar recipes

• Plov (meat and rice pilaf) · Russian
• Rogan josh (Kashmiri spiced lamb stew) · Indian
• Vegetable biryani · Indian
• Fattah (Egyptian lamb on fried bread and rice, with garlic-vinegar tomato sauce) · Middle East & Caucasus
• Lamb Ribs with Garlic, Honey and Yogurt (Costela de carneiro com alho, mel e iogurte) · Spanish & Portuguese
• Ghavurma (confit-roasted lamb) · Middle East & Caucasus

More middle east & caucasus ideas

• İskender kebap (thinly sliced meat on fried pita, with tomato butter and yoghurt)
• Hünkâr beğendi (lamb stew on smoky aubergine purée)
• Tantuni (spicy finely chopped beef wrapped in lavash)
• Sulu köfte (meatballs in a tomato-vegetable broth, with rice)
• Etli yaprak sarma (vine leaves stuffed with minced meat and rice, with yoghurt)
• İçli köfte (bulgur-shelled, spiced meat-stuffed dumplings)
• Kuzu tandır (lamb shoulder roasted for hours until falling-apart tender)
• Karnıyarık (roasted aubergine stuffed with minced meat)

How to use it · Privacy (in Hungarian) · Legal notice (in Hungarian) · Editorial principles (in Hungarian) · Cookie settings

Language: Magyar · Español · Deutsch