🇾🇪 Yemen cuisine · #2

Yemeni Mandi

Yemeni Mandi
Time180 min
Serves8
Ingredients8

Mandi originates in Hadramaut: spiced lamb or chicken cooked in a buried tannour above rice that soaks up its juices.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Marinate the lamb with spices, ghee and salt for 3 hours.
  2. Put soaked rice, boiling water, onion and whole spices in a tray.
  3. Set the lamb on a rack above and seal tightly.
  4. Cook at 160°C for 2½ hours.
  5. Smoke the rice with a hot coal before serving.