About this dish
Slow-cooked, tender spiced meat served over fragrant rice, traditionally cooked in an underground pit oven.
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Ingredients
🥩1.5kg lamb, bone-in
🍚3 cups basmati rice
🌰2 tbsp mandi spice blend
🧅1 onion, chopped
🌼Pinch of saffron
Method
Serves 31
Rub the lamb generously with mandi spice blend and let marinate for at least an hour.2
Slow-roast the lamb, covered, at low heat until very tender, several hours.3
Cook the rice with saffron and some of the lamb's cooking juices for flavor and color.4
Serve the rice topped with the tender lamb.5
Accompany with a simple tomato sauce (hawaij) if desired.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Mandi is a well-known Yemeni dish, historically cooked in a taboon (underground) oven, giving the meat a distinctive smoky flavor.
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