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Hejazi lamb trotter fatteh

Hejazi lamb trotter fatteh

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The Hedjaz lamb dish: long-cooked lamb shanks seasoned with spices, served on bread soaked in broth, with fried garlic, lemon juice, and toasted pine nuts.

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Recipe from Helmoony, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This Western Saudi Arabian dish is made with lamb shanks, which are carefully cleaned and then simmered for hours with cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. The bread, soaked in their broth, is topped with the meat, fried garlic, lemon, and pine nuts.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time3 hr
  • Total3 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$3.37 $0.56 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $0.21
  • $0.25
  • $0.38
  • $0.02
  • $1.95
  • $0.28
  • $0.03
  • $0.21
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Thoroughly clean your feet, wash them with water and flour, then rub them with lemon. ≈ 8 min
  2. Bring the water to a boil with the baking soda, then immerse your feet, and rub them again with the flour to remove the odor. Finally, rinse your feet.
  3. Place them in a large pot with at least 2.5 liters of hot water and skim off any foam that forms during cooking. ≈ 3 min
  4. Add the spices wrapped in muslin, the salt, and the chopped onion, and cook until the meat is very tender.
  5. Cut the bread into small squares, place them in a shallow dish, and pour the broth over them.
  6. Distribute the feet evenly. ≈ 3 min
  7. Fry half of the garlic in the oil until golden, then pour it over the dish, and season with lemon juice and pine nuts.
  8. Mix 120 ml of water with the vinegar, the remaining garlic, chili pepper, and a pinch of salt, and serve this sauce alongside. ≈ 4 min

The bill

Hejazi lamb trotter fatteh

  • 1 onion$0.21
  • 60 ml of corn oil$0.25
  • 2 tablespoons of minced garlic$0.38
  • 1 tablespoon of vinegar$0.02
  • 60 g of toasted pine nuts$1.95
  • 120 ml of lemon juice$0.28
  • 1 tablespoon of baking soda$0.03
  • flour for cleaning$0.21
  • salt$0.04

Total$3.37

that's $0.56 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces of lamb
  • 3 liters of water
  • 1 onion
  • 2 thin Lebanese breads
  • 60 ml of corn oil
  • 2 tablespoons of minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon of vinegar
  • 60 g of toasted pine nuts
  • 8 black peppercorns
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 6 cardamom pods
  • 3 cloves of allspice
  • 120 ml of lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon of baking soda
  • flour for cleaning
  • hot pepper, to your liking
  • salt

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