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Mahsha – Stuffed Lamb Tripe
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Mahsha – Stuffed Lamb Tripe

Mahsha – a traditional dish from Sephardic-Israeli cooking, lamb tripe stuffed with a spiced meat and rice mixture

⏱ 2 hr 30 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
🥩 Meat🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Mix the ground meat with the onion, garlic, parsley, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon, rice, olive oil, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.

To assemble

  1. 2
    Ahead of time, wash the tripe well in salted water, clean and set aside.
    Colander
  2. 3
    Stuff the tripe with the mixture without packing it all the way, because the rice swells, and tie both ends with the butcher's twine.
    Kitchen twine
    💡Stuff only about three-quarters full: the rice absorbs the cooking water and swells, and an overstuffed osban bursts in the pot.
  3. 4
    Place in a large pot with water and bring to a boil.
    StoveLarge pot
  4. 5
    Skim off the foam and add the tomatoes.
    Slotted spoon
  5. 6
    Turn down to low and simmer 2 hours.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  6. 7
    Remove, cut into slices and serve hot with the stock.
    KnifeCutting board
525calories
24 gprotein
42 gcarbs
28 gfat
● protein 18%● carbs 33%● fat 49%

Per serving (251 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
  • Slotted spoon · Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)

🧻 Consumables: Kitchen twine

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🧩 Built from…

Meatball mix → Osban (Stuffed Tripe Sausage)

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