RCI-SN.004.1216.001

Mansaf from Jordan

Name: Mansaf from Jordan
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Jordanian
Ingredients: 1 unit lamb (cut up in large pieces with bone); 1 unit jameed (which is low fat yogurt, mixed with salt,then strained in cotton bags and dried in apple-sized balls); 1 unit water; ½ teaspoon turmeric powder (for coloring); 1 unit pine nuts (fried in corn oil until golden); 1 unit almonds (boiled, peeled, and fried in corn oil until golden); 1 unit calrose rice (medium grain (Egyptian)); 1 unit vermicelli (for rice)

The national dish of Jordan is Mansaf: Lamb, sometimes lightly spiced, cooked in yoghurt, and served

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

lamb
cut up in large pieces with bone
1 unit
jameed
which is low fat yogurt, mixed with salt,then strained in cotton bags and dried in apple-sized balls
1 unit
water
1 unit
turmeric powder
for coloring
½ teaspoon
pine nuts
fried in corn oil until golden
1 unit
almonds
boiled, peeled, and fried in corn oil until golden
1 unit
calrose rice (medium grain
Egyptian)
1 unit
vermicelli
for rice
1 unit

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Mansaf from Jordan

Ingredients

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