Machboos (Spiced Rice with Meat) - Middle Eastern Recipe

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Machboos (Spiced Rice with Meat)

🌍 Middle Eastern, Bahrain/Kuwait Difficulty: ●●●○○



Ingredients

  • 600g chicken or lamb
  • 400g basmati rice
  • 2 onions
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp loomi (dried lime powder)
  • 1 tbsp baharat (allspice, cinnamon, pepper, cilantro blend)
  • saffron
  • 2 tomatoes
  • ghee
  • raisins
  • nuts

Method

  1. Browning — Brown meat in ghee with onion. Add spices, tomatoes, water. Simmer 45 min.
  2. Adding — Add rice, dried lime powder. Cook until liquid absorbed.
  3. Steaming — Steam on low 20 min. Garnish with fried onions, raisins, nuts.