Recipes
Spiced lamb chops with jewelled rice and chili-mint sauce
Season :Spring/ summer
Servings :4
Diet :G
Time :50 minutes
Difficulty :Medium
This colourful summer dish will be your new family favourite! You can marinate the lamb chops a day in advance to give it maximum flavour.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 kg. lamb chops
- 2 tsp. cumin powder
- 1 tsp. turmeric powder
- 1 tsp. coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 4 tbsp. olive oil
- salt and pepper
jewelled rice
- 300 gr. basmati or jasmin rice
- 100 gr. pomegranate seeds
- 8 dried apricots
- 4 spring onions
- 2 handfuls of pistachio's
- 100 gr. rocket
chili-mint sauce
- 30 gr. mint
- 1 chilli pepper (deseeded)
- 1/2 a lemon
- 8 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper
PREPARATION
- Add the lamb chops to a bowl with the rest of the ingredients and mix together. Let it marinate for 30 minutes to 24 hours.
- Cook the rice according to the package and let it cool to room temperature. finely slice the spring onions and roughly chop the apricatos and pistachio's.
- Add the spring onions, apricots, pistachio's, rocket, pomegranate seeds, a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper to the rice and mix together.
- For the chili-mint sauce, finely chop the mint and chili pepper and mix with the juice of half a lemon, the olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
- Preheat a griddle pan or the bbq until hot. Sear the lamb chops on both sides for about 2.5 minutes. Let it rest for at least 5 minutes and serve on top of the jewelled rice with the chili-mint sauce.
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