Ingredients

• 1 brown onion, diced
• olive oil
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• 5 cloves
• 6 green cardamom pods
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 lamb shanks
• 80g (about 2.8 oz) raisins
• 100g (about 3.5 oz) yellow split peas
• 2 red onions, diced
• 1 tsp sugar
• 0.5 tsp ground cloves
• 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
• 800g (about 1.76 lb) basmati rice
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• a small pinch of saffron
• 0.5 tsp ground turmeric
• 0.5 tsp ground ginger
• 0.5 tsp ground cumin