Upside-down spiced rice with lamb and broad beans

Name: Upside-down spiced rice with lamb and broad beans (Maqlubet el foul el akdhar)
Yield: Serves eight
Cuisine: Palestinian
Ingredients: 20 g pine nuts; 1 red chilli, finely chopped; 10 g coriander, roughly chopped; 300 g Greek-style yoghurt; 3½ tbsp olive oil; 350 g basmati rice; Salt and black pepper; 1 large onion, cut into 1cm-thick rings (180g); 1 green pepper, deseeded and cut into roughly 3cm cubes (150g); 400 g runner beans, trimmed, then cut at an angle into 4cm pieces; 300 g butternut squash, unpeeled and cut into 1cm-thick half-moons; 150 g green peas (fresh or frozen), defrosted; 1 large lemon, cut into 2mm-thick slices, pips discarded (100g); 40 g unsalted butter, cut into 1cm dice; 30 g whole blanched almonds; 1 tbsp olive oil; 200 g broad beans (podded but still in their shells), fresh or frozen and defrosted; 2½ tbsp olive oil; 750 g lamb neck (4–5 pieces), bone in; 10 cardamom pods, roughly bashed in a pestle and mortar; 20 black peppercorns, roughly crushed in a pestle and mortar; 1 onion, sliced 1cm thick (150g); 8 garlic cloves, peeled; 5 plum tomatoes (450 g), roughly chopped; 2 tsp tomato purée; 3 bay leaves; 2 dried Iranian limes (if you can find them, or else leave them out), roughly stabbed with a small knife; 2½ tsp ground cinnamon; ¾ tsp ground turmeric; 2 green chillies, halved lengthways

Maqlubet el foul el akdhar

Preparation info

Serves
eight

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Falastin

By Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley

Published 2020

About

Maqlubeh is one of Palestine’s key national dishes. This ‘upside down’ dish, made in one pot before being inverted on to a plate to serve, carries with it a real ‘ta da!’ thrill. However many times you’ve made it (or if you’re making it for the first time), there’s always a moment of ‘eeek’ before the pot gets flipped. Tap the base, count to three and be quick and confident that all will be well! Serve with a chopped salad, some pickles, if you like, and a

Ingredients

Asia
Palestine
Main course
Gluten-free

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Method