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Daqoos

Name: Daqoos
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Kuwait
Ingredients: 4 Tomato; 4 cloves Garlic; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 Chili pepper; 1/2 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tbsp Lime juice; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Cilantro; 100ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Tomatoes cooked down with garlic and chili — Kuwait's tomato sauce for rice.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Daqoos is a tomato sauce served with machboos and spiced rice in Kuwait and the Gulf: tomatoes are cooked down with garlic, chili, and cumin and sharpened with lime. Spooned over rice a little at a time, it adds tang and heat to the spices.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Kuwaiti family table, a small bowl of red tomato sauce sits beside a big platter of spiced rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Tomato 4
Garlic 4 cloves
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Chili pepper 1
Cumin powder 1/2 tsp
Lime juice 1 tbsp
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Cilantro A pinch
Water 100ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Finely chop the tomatoes.
Heat oil in a pot and fry the chopped garlic and chili.
Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, cumin, salt, and water.
Cook down on low for 20 minutes until thick.
Add the lime juice and chopped cilantro.

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