Mansaf: lamb in cream sauce with bulgur

 In Jordan, this dish of lamb cooked in a creamy sauce with rice or bulgur is served on special occasions: at weddings and holidays, at dinner parties.

Muslim cuisine (Asian countries). Jordanian and Palestinian cuisine

 Creamy spicy taste. Roasted nuts, herbs and spices

 Cooking method: chop + boil + stir + fry

 Main household appliances: stove

 Basic kitchen utensils: cutting board + knife, meat pot (2 l), sauce pot (1.5 l), frying pan

 Main products: meat (lamb, veal), bulgur or rice, dairy products (sour cream, kefir)

 Cooking time: 2 hours

 Difficulty: medium

 Type of dish: hot dish


 Ingredients (6 servings)

 Meat (veal, lamb) - 1.5 kg

 Sour cream 25% - 500 g

 Kefir 3.2% - 500 g

 Bulgur / rice - 500 g

 Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.

 Pine nuts (peeled) - 200 g

 Greens (cockerel, basil) - to taste

 Spices (curry / turmeric / marjoram) - 1 tsp

 Pepper, salt - to taste


How to cook it?

 1. Prepare the meat:

 - cut the meat into small pieces, rinse, put in a saucepan and fill it completely with water, salt and cook under the lid for 40-50 minutes.

 - combine kefir and sour cream in a separate saucepan, boil for 20 minutes. over low heat, stirring constantly

 - select part of the broth for serving, leave part with meat

 - add creamy sauce to the meat, cook over low heat for 30-40 minutes.


 2. Prepare rice or bulgur:

 - pour rice with water, add curry / turmeric, salt and cook until tender

 - fry the pine nuts in vegetable oil until golden brown


 Serving recommendations: serve hot: rice or bulgur is laid out on a large dish, pieces of meat are placed on top. We decorate with roasted pine nuts, chopped herbs, olives. Meat broth is served with the dish: they are poured over the dish during meals or drunk

 The main utensils for serving: a dish for meat, portioned plates, bowls.

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