Mansaaf (Spiced Lamb) Recipe

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Mansaaf (Spiced Lamb)
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Ingredients
13
Count
Nutrition
828
Calories
Total time
140
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 3 lbs lamb shoulder , on the bone cut into 6 even sized pieces (this is preferred but if you can'tsp get it, 6 large pieces of lamb will do)
  • salt and pepper
  • 1/4 cup pine nuts (optional)
  • 1 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 piece cinnamon or 1 piece cassia
  • 2 cups full fat yogurt ( skim and fat free wont work, they'll come out too thin)
  • 1 egg white , beaten till frothy
  • 2 tsp cornflour
  • 1 tsp salt

Directions:

  1. Place lamb in a large pan and just cover with water.
  2. Bring to boil slowly, skimming off froth (this is blood and wont taste good if left in).
  3. When clean and boiling, add salt and pepper as desired, cover and simmer about 30 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, heat butter in a skillet, and add snoober nuts, sautéing till golden.
  5. Remove, keeping butter in the pan as much as possible, and set nuts aside.
  6. Add onion to pan, frying gently until clear.
  7. Then stir in turmeric, allspice and cinnamon all at once and cook another 2 minutes only.
  8. Add onion mixture to the lamb.
  9. Meanwhile, prepare Laban mutboukh as follows:Place the yogurt in a heavy pan.
  10. Blend beaten egg whites with cornflour and add salt, stirring into the yogurt until well mixed.
  11. Place pan over medium heat, and stirring constantly, heat until it begins to boil.
  12. It's important to stir in the same direction, or so my grandma always said.
  13. Lower the heat and let simmer, uncovered about 3-5 minutes or until thickened.
  14. Set aside.
  15. When lamb as cooked about 1 hour, remove the lid, cooking until the liquid has been reduced so it's covering only half the lamb.
  16. Then add laban mutboukh, shaking the pan instead of stirring to blend.
  17. Simmer over low heat until lamb is tender and sauce is thickened.
  18. If it can't be helped, and sauce must be stirred, do so in one direction.
  19. Adjust salt and pepper as desired and remove cinnamon.
  20. Pile the mansaaf on a serving plate, sprinkling with the snoober nuts.
  21. Serve with hot cooked rice.
  22. Mansaaf is usually eaten over the rice with the sauce poured generously over the top.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 827.62 Kcal (3465 kJ)
Calories from fat 604.95 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 67.22g 103%
Cholesterol 200.24mg 67%
Sodium 549.72mg 23%
Potassium 575.79mg 12%
Total Carbs 9.82g 3%
Sugars 6.01g 24%
Dietary Fiber 0.74g 3%
Protein 44.29g 89%
Vitamin C 1.4mg 2%
Iron 2.8mg 16%
Calcium 195.3mg 20%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 235.7 Kcal (987 kJ)
Calories from fat 172.28 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.14g 103%
Cholesterol 57.03mg 67%
Sodium 156.56mg 23%
Potassium 163.98mg 12%
Total Carbs 2.8g 3%
Sugars 1.71g 24%
Dietary Fiber 0.21g 3%
Protein 12.61g 89%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 2%
Iron 0.8mg 16%
Calcium 55.6mg 20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 22
    Points
  • 22
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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