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Ghoozi

Name: Ghoozi
Total time: 240 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Bahrain
Ingredients: 1.2kg (bone-in, in one piece) Lamb; 500g (long-grain rice) Rice; 2 Onion; 4 cloves Garlic; 5 pods Cardamom; 1 Cinnamon stick; 2 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Turmeric; 50g Almonds; 50g Raisins; A pinch Saffron; 4 tbsp Vegetable oil; 2 1/2 tsp Salt; 1.5L Water

Main Dish

⏱ 240 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

Slow-roasted lamb served over spiced rice with nuts — a Bahraini feast dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ghoozi is a Gulf feast dish: a whole lamb or large piece is marinated in spices, roasted slowly, and served over spiced rice mixed with nuts, raisins, and boiled eggs. Prepared for weddings and when welcoming important guests, it's shared by all around a big platter. At home it's made with a large piece of lamb.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Bahraini wedding feast, a big platter of spiced rice topped with a golden roasted piece of lamb and nuts is carried out.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Lamb 1.2kg (bone-in, in one piece)
Rice 500g (long-grain rice)
Onion 2
Garlic 4 cloves
Cardamom 5 pods
Cinnamon stick 1
Cumin powder 2 tsp
Turmeric 1 tsp
Almonds 50g
Raisins 50g
Saffron A pinch
Vegetable oil 4 tbsp
Salt 2 1/2 tsp
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rub the lamb with grated garlic, cumin, turmeric, 1 tsp salt, and 2 tbsp oil and marinate overnight.
Simmer the meat with water, cardamom, cinnamon, and 1 onion for 1 1/2 hours and reserve the broth.
Roast the meat at 180°C for 1 hour until golden.
Cook the rice in 800ml of the broth and drizzle with saffron dissolved in hot water.
Top the rice with separately fried onion, almonds, and raisins and add the meat.

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