🇵🇸 Palestine
Mansaf
In Palestine, especially the south and countryside, mansaf is the feast of homecomings — subtly different jameed, same generosity.
🔪 Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 150 min📈 Difficulty: Takes love
Cooking for
8 people
✨ What makes it special
Palestinian jameed is often tangier; the rice may hide a layer of taboon bread and the platter leans heavier on almonds.
Ingredients
- 1½ kglamb or veal on the bone
- 500 gjameed
- 600 grice
- 2 loavestaboon bread
- 100 gfried almonds
- 1 tspturmeric and allspice
- 3 tbspghee
Method
- 1
Dissolve the jameed and strain it silky.
- 2
Cook the meat in water then finish it in the simmering jameed.
- 3
Prepare turmeric rice with ghee.
- 4
Layer taboon bread, rice, and meat; ladle the sauce generously.
- 5
Shower with fried almonds and serve immediately.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 8