Lamb Pilau

Name: Lamb Pilau
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients: 2 pounds lean lamb shanks; 1 bay leaf; 2½ teaspoons salt; ½ cup yoghurt; ¼ teaspoon caraway seeds; 1 cinnamon stick (2 inches long); 4 whole cardamom pods; 6 whole cloves; 2 cups uncooked rice; ½ cup (one 4-ounce can) mushrooms; 2 tablespoons butter

Preparation info

8 to 10
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

About

Ingredients

2 pounds lean lamb shanks
½ cup yoghurt
2½ teaspoons

Method

Trim off all excess fat from the lamb shanks. Marinate the meat in the yoghurt for thirty minutes. Add two cups cold water and one teaspoon of the salt. Cover and simmer for three hours.
Cool the meat and stock. Trim all lean meat from the bones. Discard the bones and reserve the meat.
When stock is cold, lift off all the hardened fa

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