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Mansaf

Mansaf is a pyramid of tangy aged yogurt or whey-drenched rice with a deflectable core of tender lamb chunks, garnished with toasted almonds. It is one of Jordan's most important dishes.

  • 4 kilos of lamb (Jordan) or chicken (Syria) (10 pounds)
  • 1 kilo of whey, yogurt or ayran (2 1/4 pounds)
  • Margarine
  • 2 kilos of rice (4 1/2 pounds)
  • Onions
  • Pine nuts and roasted almonds
  • Arabic loaves of bread

 

 

METHOD

Wash whey and soak in water for an hour. Mash in blender, then let dry.

Wash meat and put in a tray. Cover with water. Let soak. Add onion (cut into squares), then boiled until partly cooked. Remove meat, saving the broth.

Mix whey juice with the soup and let boil. (It can be thickened with cornstarch as wished.) Add meat and simmer until meat is cooked well.

Cook rice. Place two or three Arabic loaves of bread on a tray. Put rice on the bread in a pyramid, then arrange pieces of meat on the surface. Decorated with the pine nuts and almonds.

Mansaf is served with hot whey juice which is sprayed on mansaf as wished.

recipe from www.inmamaskitchen.com

Contributor: Elinoar Moore

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Mansaf can be cooked in jameed (the Arabic word for dried yogurt), which is then mixed with water in a tray to produce a creamy sauce. This is poured into the large stewing pot with chunks of lamb meat. The pot is put over an open fire. As the stew begins to warm, it is stirred to prevent the yogurt from separating. When using yogurt only , one must watch the heat as yogurt tends to fall apart when hot.

 

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