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Quzi

Name: Quzi
Total time: 240 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Iraq
Ingredients: 1.2kg (bone-in) Lamb; 3 gō (Japanese rice cup) Raw rice; 2 Onion; 4 cloves Garlic; 2 tsp Garam masala; 1 tsp Turmeric; 1 Cinnamon stick; 5 pods Cardamom; 4 pods Clove; 50g Raisins; 50g Almonds; 30g Pistachios; 40g Butter; 2 tsp Salt

Main Dish

⏱ 240 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

Slow-roasted lamb laid boldly over spiced rice with nuts — an Iraqi celebration dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Quzi is a lavish dish essential at Iraqi celebrations: whole roast lamb or bone-in meat is roasted for hours with spices and laid over spiced rice with nuts, raisins, and vermicelli. At weddings and when welcoming important guests it's heaped on big platters and shared by all.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At an Iraqi wedding, a large piece of lamb sits atop a platter full of spiced rice as guests gather around to share it.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Lamb 1.2kg (bone-in)
Raw rice 3 gō (Japanese rice cup)
Onion 2
Garlic 4 cloves
Garam masala 2 tsp
Turmeric 1 tsp
Cinnamon stick 1
Cardamom 5 pods
Clove 4 pods
Raisins 50g
Almonds 50g
Pistachios 30g
Butter 40g
Salt 2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rub the lamb with grated garlic, garam masala, turmeric, and salt and leave overnight.
Wrap in foil and roast at 160°C for 3 hours.
Melt butter in a pot, fry the sliced onion, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves, then add the rice and stir-fry.
Add water and salt and cook.
Fry the almonds, pistachios, and raisins in butter.
Mound the rice on a platter, top with the meat, and scatter with the nuts and raisins.

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