Middle Eastern Cuisine
Mansaf (Jordanian Lamb with Yogurt Sauce)
Prep
30 min
Cook
120 min
Servings
6
Level
Hard
Mansaf, Jordan's proud national dish! Tender lamb cooked in a distinctive jameed sauce (made from fermented dried yogurt), served over yellow rice and shrak bread. The most magnificent celebration dish in the Middle East.
🧂 Ingredients
🍽️ Servings: 6
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- 1kg lamb, cut into large pieces (shoulder or leg)
- 2 onions, halved
- 400g plain full-fat yogurt
- 100g tahini
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
- 400g long-grain basmati rice
- 700 ml lamb stock
- Rice seasoning: cumin, turmeric, salt
- Toppings: toasted almonds, toasted pine nuts, fresh parsley
- Shrak or naan bread, for the base
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👩🍳 Instructions
- 1 Simmer the lamb with the onions, cumin, pepper, and salt for 1.5–2 hours until very tender
- 2 Strain the broth and set aside 500ml (about 2 cups)
- 3 Mix the yogurt with the tahini and turmeric, stirring until smooth
- 4 Stir the yogurt mixture into the remaining broth and cook over low heat, stirring constantly — do not let it boil or curdle
- 5 Add the cooked lamb into the yogurt sauce and warm through together
- 6 Cook the basmati rice with lamb stock, turmeric, and cumin until tender and golden yellow
- 7 Arrange the shrak bread on a large serving platter
- 8 Mound the rice on top
- 9 Place the pieces of lamb over the rice
- 10 Pour the jameed yogurt sauce generously over the whole dish
- 11 Sprinkle with toasted almonds, pine nuts, and parsley
- 12 Serve grandly from the center of the table
💡 Tips
• The yogurt sauce must NOT come to a hard boil — heat it gently while stirring constantly so it doesn't curdle
• If genuine jameed is hard to find, a mixture of yogurt and tahini gets you quite close to the real flavor
• Mansaf is a dish meant for sharing — it's best served on one big platter and eaten together
📊 Nutrition Facts / serving
680
Calories (kcal)
42 g
Protein
28 g
Fat
62 g
Carbs
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