Middle Eastern Influenced Lamb Ribs

...because they are the bomb!

I was at an undisclosed grocery store, known for premium food at exhorbitant prices, and I was casually walking down the meat aisle. I had no intention of buying anything other than a bottle of rum. I took a close look at the lamb section and thought "Wow, are they having a sale?" These lamb ribs, cut individually, were only $7.99 a pound. They weren't green. They didn't smell like an unflushed toilet.

Did they mess something up? Of course they did. Four of the packages were accidentally mislabeled with lamb stew meat. The actual price of lamb ribs were supposed to be $24.99 a pound.

I know it's not right, but tell me, could you resist? Whatever, Mother Theresa. Quit lying to yourself. With a mind dominated by WWSD, I effectively stole them, each package only costing around $5.00.

But my de facto dishonesty was put to good use.

You'll need to make a spice mixture, and here is what went into mine, again, no exact measurements:

cinammon
cumin
salt
tumeric
nutmeg
cardamom
garlic powder
cayenne

Sound like a curry? Well, it's similar except I made it as a dry rub. Very simply, I coated the ribs with the mixture and seared in an oiled pan for about two minutes on each side, then popped it under a broiler.

It soon made the house smell like a Pakistani kitchen with a small invasion force of Punjabi Indians. To finish, I used a demi base mixed with cumin which admittedly had more viscosity than I would have liked (see picture above).