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Minced Lamb Kebabs with Rice

Name: Minced Lamb Kebabs with Rice
Total time: 1 h 14 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Persian
Ingredients: 500 g lean boneless lamb; 1 onion, large; 1 tsp salt; freshly ground black pepper, to taste; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tbsp ghee, melted, for basting; 4 small tomatoes; 4 egg yolks, very fresh, each held in its half shell; 40 g butter, in 4 knobs; sumac, to taste; steamed basmati rice, to taste

Lamb ground twice with onion and beaten to a sticky paste, moulded around flat skewers and grilled fast over charcoal. Served on hot rice with a blistered tomato and a pat of butter melting into the grains.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on50 min
Total1 h 14 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

500 glean boneless lamb
1onion, large
1 tspsalt
to tastefreshly ground black pepper
½ tspground cinnamonoptional
2 tbspghee, melted, for basting
4small tomatoes

To serve

4egg yolks, very fresh, each held in its half shelloptional
40 gbutter, in 4 knobs
to tastesumac
to tastesteamed basmati rice

Contains

Dairy
Egg
Birds' eggs (any)
Rice
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Onion family (any)
Onion
Black and white pepper
Cinnamon
Sumac
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Lamb and mutton

Taste

Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Smoke
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp

Equipment

Grill

Season

Summer

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 3

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: moderate
Carbs: low
Fat: high
Fiber: low
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: high

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