Air-Fryer Jordanian Mansaf Lamb Rice Pots

Grand Tour Recipe

Air-Fryer Jordanian Mansaf Lamb Rice Pots

Make Air-Fryer Jordanian Mansaf Lamb Rice Pots with measured UK ingredients, practical air-fryer timings and bold Grand Tour flavour.

Mansaf is Jordan's great celebration dish: lamb, rice and the unmistakable tang of jameed yoghurt sauce. Traditionally it arrives on one huge platter, but the flavour survives very well in individual pots.

Lamb leg pieces brown first, then finish gently in the salty yoghurt sauce above fragrant rice. Toasted almonds and flatbread keep the serving recognisable even when the air fryer has shrunk the banquet.

Air-Fryer Jordanian Mansaf Lamb Rice Pots
Air-Fryer Jordanian Mansaf Lamb Rice Pots preparation stage

You’ll Need

For the Lamb
650g lamb leg steaks, cut into 2cm pieces
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp ground allspice
½ tsp ground cardamom
quarter tsp turmeric
½ tsp black pepper

For the Pots
350g cooked basmati rice
250ml prepared jameed sauce or thin full-fat yoghurt
100ml lamb stock
1 small garlic clove, finely grated
4 small flatbread pieces

To Finish
30g toasted almonds
Chopped parsley

Optional but Dangerous
Extra jameed sauce
Warm flatbread
A squeeze of lemon

Method

Preheat your air fryer to 200°C.

Toss the lamb with the oil, allspice, cardamom, turmeric and black pepper.

Air fry for 9 minutes, shaking halfway, until browned at the edges.

Line four heatproof pots with small pieces of flatbread.

Divide the cooked rice between them and top with the lamb.

Whisk the prepared jameed sauce with the stock and garlic.

Pour it around the lamb, cover the pots tightly with foil and air fry at 175°C for 14 minutes.

Remove the foil and cook for 4-5 minutes until the sauce is hot and the lamb reaches 75°C.

Rest for 3 minutes.

Scatter with toasted almonds and parsley before serving.

Lad Tip: Taste prepared jameed before adding any salt because it can be properly fierce. The sauce should be tangy and savoury, not a Dead Sea reconstruction.

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