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Kuwaiti Tashreeb

Name: Kuwaiti Tashreeb
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Kuwait
Ingredients: 500g (bone-in) Lamb; 2 Potato; 200g Pumpkin; 1 Zucchini; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 Lime; 3 Cardamom; 1 Cinnamon stick; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 2 tsp Salt; 1.5L Water; 4 Pita Bread

Main Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Thin bread torn into a dish and drenched with meat and vegetable broth — a Kuwaiti Ramadan dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Tashreeb means 'soaking': Kuwait's thin bread, ragag, is torn and laid on a big platter, then a broth of lamb or chicken, potatoes, pumpkin, zucchini, and more stewed with tomato and spices is poured over to soak into the bread. It's essential at Ramadan dinners.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Ramadan dinner in Kuwait, red meat and vegetable broth is poured over bread lining a big platter as the family reaches in.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Lamb 500g (bone-in)
Potato 2
Pumpkin 200g
Zucchini 1
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Lime 1
Cardamom 3
Cinnamon stick 1
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Salt 2 tsp
Water 1.5L
Pita Bread 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Simmer the lamb with water, onion, cardamom, cinnamon, and salt for 1 hour.
Add the chopped tomato, tomato paste, turmeric, and slit lime.
Add the potatoes, pumpkin, and zucchini cut large and simmer 25 minutes.
Split the pita thin, tear into pieces, and line a big platter.
Pour the broth over to soak the bread and pile the meat and vegetables on top.

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