Qatari Machboush

Recipe Description

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Ingredients

  • small green bell pepper|green pepper (less green pepper than onions and tomatoes)
  • onions
  • tomatoes
  • dried lemon - know as lemon aswad (dried lemon|black lemon, available in the souq)
  • cloves (not more than three pieces)
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • tbsp ebzar - or use ready made mix which includes cumin and pepper
  • salt
  • pepper
  • rice - soaked for at least 30 minutes
  • , chicken, or meat

Directions

  1. Fry the onions and tomatoes (or use tomato sauce); sauté both in spices, cloves, cinnamon, ebzar/mix, salt and pepper, and black lemon.
  2. The black lemon is the key ingredient which makes this dish different from briyani.
  3. Add meat and brown - cook halfway add water and rice (enough water to cook the amount of rice) cook together until rice and meat are done and all water is absorbed.
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