Yalla Market
Turkish lamb pilau Recipe
Turkish
⏱ 1 h 20 min
Medium
Turkish lamb pilau — a classic Turkish Lamb.
Ingredients
- Handful Pine Nuts
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 Large Chopped Onion Buy: Onion Powder · ₺55.99
- 2 Cinnamon Buy: Cinnamon Quills · ₺48.99
- 500g Lamb
- 250g Basmati Rice Buy: Ebuveys Basmati Rice · ₺609.99
- 1 Lamb Stock
- 12 Dried Apricots
- Handful Mint Buy: Mirna Lemon & Mint · ₺19.99
Preparation
- Dry-fry the pine nuts or almonds in a large pan until lightly toasted, then tip onto a plate.
- Add the oil to the pan, then fry the onion and cinnamon together until starting to turn golden.
- Turn up the heat, stir in the lamb, fry until the meat changes colour, then tip in the rice and cook for 1 min, stirring all the time.
- Pour in 500ml boiling water, crumble in the stock cube, add the apricots, then season to taste.
- Turn the heat down, cover and simmer for 12 mins until the rice is tender and the stock has been absorbed.
- Toss in the pine nuts and mint and serve.