Muhammar

Sweet date rice, golden and glossy, served with fried fish.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Basmati rice
• ½ cup Date syrup
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Cardamom
• 1 pinch Saffron
• 1 tbsp Rose water
• 4 tbsp Ghee
• 1 tsp Salt
• 4 cups Water

Method

1. Parboil the rice — Boil the soaked rice in salted water for 7 minutes, then drain.
2. Sweeten — Stir the date syrup, sugar, cardamom, saffron and rose water into a little hot water.
3. Layer — Return the rice to the pot in layers, spooning the date mixture and ghee between them.
4. Steam — Cover tightly and cook on very low heat for 25 minutes.
5. Muhammar is ready — Serve alongside fried fish.

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