ʿAkīka (Browned Meat in Soured Milk)

Ingredients

• tail fat
• fatty meat
• salt
• dried coriander
• cumin
• cinnamon
• pepper
• mastic
• Persian milk
• garlic

Instructions

1. Cut and render fresh tail fat, extracting its fat.
2. Add fatty meat cut small onto the rendered fat and stir until browned.
3. Add water to cover and a little salt; cook until dried off with only the fat remaining.
4. Add finely pounded dried coriander and cumin, cinnamon, ground pepper, and mastic; stir.
5. Add Persian (soured) milk mixed with pounded garlic, bring to a boil, then cut the fire and leave over gentle heat until the milk sets and casts its fat to the top.
6. Sprinkle a little finely ground cinnamon on top, wipe sides, and remove.