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Turkish lamb pilau
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Turkish lamb pilau

9 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Turkish lamb pilau

Serve up a basmati rice one pot flavoured with cinnamon, mint and apricot, studded with tender lamb

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

884
Calories
35g
Protein
55g
Fat
65g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Pine Nut 1 oz (28g) 191
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • small handful pine nuts or flaked almonds
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large onion , halved and sliced
  • 2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
  • 500g lean lamb neck fillet, cubed
  • 250g basmati rice
  • 1 lamb or vegetable stock cube
  • 12 ready-to-eat dried apricots
  • handful fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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