Machboos Laham Kuwaiti

Kuwaiti lamb and rice with loomi and baharat.

Ingredients

• 1.2 kg Lamb
• 3 cups Basmati rice
• 3 Onions
• 3 Tomatoes
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste
• 3 Dried lime (loomi)
• 2 tbsp Baharat spice mix
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 5 Cardamom pods
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 5 tbsp Ghee
• 2 tsp Salt
• 6 cups Water

Method

1. Brown the onions — Cook the sliced onions in ghee for 20 minutes until deep golden — this colour is what makes the rice brown.
2. Sear the lamb — Add the meat with garlic and whole spices and brown well.
3. Build the broth — Add tomato, paste, baharat, pierced dried limes and water, then simmer 1½ hours.
4. Cook the rice — Lift out the lamb, add the soaked rice to the broth, cover and cook 20 minutes on the lowest heat.
5. Return the meat — Set the lamb on the rice and rest 10 minutes off the heat.
6. Machboos is ready — Serve on a wide platter with daqoos tomato sauce.

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