Pilaf with Chickpeas, Lamb and Sultanas

Name: Pilaf with Chickpeas, Lamb and Sultanas (Üzlemeli Pilav)
Yield: To Serve 4
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: rice pilaf; ¼ tsp salt; ¼ tsp ground black pepper; ¼ tsp ground cinnamon; 50 g/2 oz sultanas; 50 g/2 oz chickpeas; 50 g/2 oz pekmez (grape syrup); 125 g/4 oz lean shoulder of lamb

Üzlemeli Pilav

Preparation info

To Serve
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Nevin Halici's Turkish Cookbook

By Nevin Halici

Published 1989

About

Üzlemeli pilaf is served at wedding receptions in Şanlı Urfa in southeastern Anatolia. In the rest of Turkey, wedding pilafs are usually garnished with sweetmeats or zerde, but the people of Şanlı Urfa prefer this recipe.

Ingredients

rice pilaf

Asia
Turkey
Main course
Gluten-free
Mediterranean
Wedding/Marriage

Method

Pick over and wash the chickpeas, soak for 8 hours, then wash again and add to 17 fl oz. cold water. Boil for approximately 50 minutes until tender, then strain.

Pick over and wash the sultanas, soak in warm water for 30 minutes.

Dice the meat the same size as the chickpeas, and dry-coo