Qaliyyat al-Shiwāʾ (Fried Leftover Roast)

Ingredients

• cold day-old roast meat (shiwāʾ)
• fresh sesame oil (shīraj)
• spice mix
• vinegar
• lime juice
• eggs

Instructions

1. Cut cold day-old roast meat small.
2. Heat fresh sesame oil in the pan until boiling and add the roast.
3. When its fat melts, scatter coriander, cumin and cinnamon finely ground.
4. For a sour version, sprinkle saffron-colored vinegar and arrange whole eggs on top; or use lime juice instead and omit the eggs.
5. Settle over a gentle fire and take up.