Jordan recipes

Recipes from Jordan: home cooking with cultural background, ingredient substitutes and step-by-step instructions.

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Jordanian galayet bandora: skillet-reduced tomatoes scattered with green chili and parsley, on a plate with flatbread
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Galayet Bandora Recipe: Jordanian Skillet Tomatoes

Galayet bandora is a home-style Jordanian dish of tomatoes cooked down in olive oil. Northern ways of preserving tomatoes, how Palestinians eat it, how much sumac to use, reducing by watching the tomatoes' moisture, substitutes, and storage.

Mansaf, Jordan's national dish: lamb in yogurt sauce on a large platter with saffron rice and nuts
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Mansaf: Jordan's National Dish of Lamb in Yogurt Sauce over Saffron Rice

A recipe for mansaf, Jordan's national dish: lamb simmered in a jameed-style yogurt sauce, served over saffron rice and flatbread with toasted almonds and pine nuts. Includes Bedouin food culture, eating etiquette, and how to substitute for jameed.

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