Marinated lamb skewers on oriental rice

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 Lamb salmon (approx. 200 g each)
  • 4 long, thin sticks of cinnamon
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 2 stem(s) flat leaf parsley
  • 1 chili pepper
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 1 TABLESPOON Lemon juice
  • 50 g Shallots
  • 1 TABLESPOON Butter or margarine
  • 1 tablespoon (approx. 10 g) Pine nuts
  • 150 g Long grain rice
  • 50 g dried red lentils
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 Star Anise
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Curry
  • 1 TABLESPOON Raisins
  • 1 TABLESPOON Almonds
  • 7-10 Tbsp Chili

Directions

  1. 1

    Cut the saddle of lamb in half lengthwise. Place each piece on a thin cinnamon stick (alternatively on wooden skewers, then season with a little cinnamon). Peel the garlic and press it through a garlic press. Wash the parsley and remove the leaves. Chop the chilli finely.

  2. 2

    Mix garlic, parsley, cili, olive oil and lemon juice and spread on the skewers. Chill for 2-3 hours and turn several times. For the rice, peel and quarter shallots. Melt the fat. Brown shallots, pine nuts, rice and lentils in it. Deglaze with 3/4 litre water, bring to the boil. Season with salt, pepper, aniseed and curry. Add raisins and almonds. Let the rice swell for 15-20 minutes.

  3. 3

    Deglaze with 3/4 litre water, bring to the boil. Season with salt, pepper, aniseed and curry. Add raisins and almonds. Let the rice swell for 15-20 minutes. Fry the skewers in a hot pan for about 2 minutes on each side and add a little salt. Serve rice and skewers garnished with chilli

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
680 kcal
CARBS
40 g
FATS
48 g
PROTEINS
22 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesMeatLamb