Project Description
EMIRATI Dish
MACHBOOS
Ingredients:
- 6 cups basmati rice
- 2 kilos meat
- 5 onions
- 1 cup cooked chickpeas
- ¼ cup oil
- 1 spoon mixed spices
- 1 potato, diced
- 2 spoons tomato paste
- 3 teaspoons turmeric
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 6 cardamom pods
- 2 spoons of salt and a pinch of black pepper
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Saffron
- 5 whole cloves
- 2 dried lemons
Steps:
- Rinse and soak the rice in water.
- Put the meat in a pot and bring it to a boil, and skim off the coating that rises to the surface.
- Add cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, half the onions into the pot.
- Add the spices, turmeric, and the 2 lemons.
- Let the stock come to a boil and cover for 2 hours on medium heat and add a little salt.
- Put the rice into a pot and add some of the stock until it covers the rice by 2 cm, and then add some saffron.
- To prepare the topping, sauté the onions lightly over medium heat until they start to soften.
- Add the chickpeas, raisins, tomato paste, black pepper, cardamom powder, and salt.
- Fry the potatoes and add them to the topping.
- Put the rice and the meat on the serving plate garnished with the topping and fried potatoes.