Turkish lamb pilau
A Turkish dinner. Ready in about 36 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 21 minPrep (about)
- 15 minCook (about)
- 36 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 13 oz lamb
Fresh & other
- Handful pine nut
- 1 onion
- 7 oz basmati rice
- 1 lamb stock Shopping tip: Beef broth works (lamb stock is hard to find).
- 9 dried apricots
- Handful mint Shopping tip: Fresh mint leaves.
Sauces & oils
- 2 ¼ tsp olive oil
Spices & seasonings (1): cinnamons
- 2 cinnamons
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Dry-fry your pine nuts or almonds in a big pan until lightly toasted.
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Tip onto a plate.
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Add the oil to the pan.
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Fry the onion and cinnamon together till starting to turn golden.
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Turn up the heat.
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Stir in the lamb.
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Fry until the meat changes colour.
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Tip in the rice.
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Cook for 1 min.
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Stir all the time.
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Pour in 2 cups boiling water, crumble in your stock cube.
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Add the apricots.
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Season to taste.
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Turn the heat down, cover.
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Simmer for 12 mins till your rice is tender plus the stock has been absorbed.
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Toss in the pine nuts and mint.
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Serve.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.