Lamb Mandi

Name: Lamb Mandi
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 3 cups long grain basmati rice, soaked and rinsed; 1 cinnamon stick; 3 whole cardamom pods; 1-2 bay leaves; 1 dried lemon (lumee) if you have it; 1 tbsp olive oil; 4.5 cups water; 1.5 kg lamb shoulder with bone, trimmed of fat; salt to season; pepper to season; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1/2 tsp coriander powder

Instructions

Prep:5minCook:3h

An easy one pot recipe of rice and lamb, where the rice gets cooked at the same time as the meat, and collects all the juice from the meat. Simply spiced, traditional and delicious!

Updated at: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:10:10 GMT