{"id":53708,"date":"2019-12-30T14:45:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T10:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/?p=53708"},"modified":"2019-12-30T14:45:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T10:45:56","slug":"mansaf-a-traditional-jordanian-delicacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/mansaf-a-traditional-jordanian-delicacy\/","title":{"rendered":"MANSAF: A Traditional Jordanian Delicacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The literal meaning of \u2018Mansaf\u2019 is \u2018large dish\u2019 and it for all the delightful reasons is touted as the national dish of \u2018Jordan\u2019. One can find Mansaf as a part of various social occasions such as engagement, weddings .etc. which is why it is considered to be a social bridge that unites the Jordanian society and highlights the Arab generosity.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally eaten collectively by hand, Mansaf is essentially Yogurt, Meat and Rice pilaf that is served in a single large platter.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jameed yoghurt<\/li>\n<li>Large Lamb chops<\/li>\n<li>Rice<\/li>\n<li>1 Onion<\/li>\n<li>Bay Leaf<\/li>\n<li>Cardamom<\/li>\n<li>Salt<\/li>\n<li>Turmeric<\/li>\n<li>Black Pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 Tablespoon Butter<\/li>\n<li>Parsley<\/li>\n<li>Almond and pine nuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>How to cook?<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a medium pot, boil the lamb chops in water along with onion, salt, pepper, bay leaf and cardamom. Let the mix boil for an hour and a half approximately.<\/li>\n<li>Simultaneously in a mixer, add Jameed Yoghurt, meat broth with a pinch of turmeric and egg to make a fine paste.<\/li>\n<li>On a steady flame, we bring the Lamb Chops to boil while steadily stirring it. Add butter to the mix.<\/li>\n<li>In a small pot, add butter and rice. Then add the salt, cardamom and turmeric. Wait until the rice is cooked, which will be about half an hour.<\/li>\n<li>Place the cooked lamb in the Jameed mixture and garnish it with fried almonds, pine nuts and finely chopped parsley<\/li>\n<li>Finally, put the rice and meat in a large plate, and add the parsley, almond and fried pine nuts to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWishing health and wellness for you\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The literal meaning of \u2018Mansaf\u2019 is \u2018large dish\u2019 and it for all the delightful reasons is touted as the national dish of \u2018Jordan\u2019. One can find Mansaf as a part of various social occasions such as engagement, weddings .etc. which is why it is considered to be a social bridge that unites the Jordanian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":53709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-recipes"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53708\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=53708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53708\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53709\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=53708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=53708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.unioncoop.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=53708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}