Maggie's Kitchen Serves up a Traditional Jordanian Holiday Meal
Plymouth resident Maggie Haddad serves up a perfect recipe for holiday entertaining: roast leg of lamb with basmati rice.
My friend Sheena has always told me about her mother's amazing Jordanian cooking. I have always said I wished I had a mother who would teach me her family recipes, so I decided to head out to Plymouth to see how she does it for myself. Sheena's mother, Maggie Haddad was kind enough to have me over and take me through the steps of how she cooks one of her family favorites for the holidays, roasted leg of lamb with basmati rice. I want to note that this same recipe can be applied to whole beef tenderloin as well, if you prefer beef over lamb. Maggie's husband Asem actually prefers the roast beef, though the lamb is her favorite. Sheena's favorite part of the meal isn't the beef or the lamb; it is actually the basmati rice. She says, "I would…
