Machboos Laham
Spiced rice with lamb, loomi and baharat.
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg Lamb
- 3 cups Basmati rice
- 2 Onions
- 3 Dried lime (loomi)
- 2 Tomatoes
- 2 tbsp Baharat spice mix
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 5 Cardamom pods
- 4 tbsp Ghee
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 2 tsp Salt
- 6 cups Water
Method
- Brown the onions — Cook the sliced onions in ghee until deep golden.
- Sear the lamb — Add the lamb with garlic and whole spices and brown well.
- Build the broth — Add tomato, baharat, pierced dried limes, salt and water and simmer 1½ hours.
- Cook the rice — Lift out the lamb, add the soaked rice to the broth, cover, and cook 20 minutes on low.
- Return the lamb — Set the lamb on the rice, cover, and rest 10 minutes off the heat.
- Machboos Laham is ready — Fluff and serve on a wide platter.