Lamb and Apricots

From Traditional Arab cooking

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1  kg lamb
• 225  g apricots, soaked few hours
• 2  onions, chopped
• 1  tablespoon  almonds, chopped
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  coriander, gnd
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 -4  saffron threads
•  oil
•  salt
•  pepper

Directions

1. satue onions and lamb and oil 3- 4 T.
2. Add spices.
3. Cover water and simmer til tender (remove scum).
4. simmer apricots 15 mins and puree.
5. add rest ingredients and cook in oven1 1/2 hours until thick.
6. Serve rice plain or spotted yellow rice.
7. For spotted rice once cooked make 4 to 5 wells in rice and fill with a sloution of 1/2 t timeric and few T boiling water.