Turkish Lamb Pilau

Name: Turkish Lamb Pilau
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: turkish
Ingredients: small handful pine nuts or flaked almonds; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 large onion halved and sliced; 2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half; 500g lean lamb neck fillet, cubed; 250g basmati rice; 1 lamb or vegetable stock cube; 12 ready-to-eat dried apricots; handful fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

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⏱ 30 mins 🍽 Serves 4 🌶 turkish ✅ Easy 🏷 Main course

This Turkish one-pot dish combines tender cubes of lamb with aromatic basmati rice. The rice is cooked with cinnamon, dried apricots and stock, then finished with toasted nuts and fresh mint for a fragrant and satisfying meal. It's a complete main course that comes together in half an hour, perfect for a speedy yet impressive dinner or lunch.

Ingredients

small handful pine nuts or flaked almonds
1 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion halved and sliced
2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
500g lean lamb neck fillet, cubed
250g basmati rice
1 lamb or vegetable stock cube
12 ready-to-eat dried apricots
handful fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

Method

Toast the pine nuts or flaked almonds in a large, dry pan, then transfer them to a plate. Heat the olive oil in the same pan and cook the sliced onion with the broken cinnamon sticks until they begin to colour. Increase the heat, add the cubed lamb and cook until it browns, then stir in the rice and continue cooking for 1 min.
Add 500ml boiling water to the pan, crumble in the stock cube and include the dried apricots, seasoning as required. Reduce the heat, cover the pan and allow it to simmer for 12 mins until the rice is cooked and the liquid is absorbed. Finally, stir through the reserved toasted nuts and the chopped mint before serving.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories584 kcal

Fat24 g

Saturates9 g

Carbs65 g

Fibre3 g

Protein32 g

Sodium560 mg

Salt1 g

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy

CategoryMain course

Cuisineturkish