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Qabuli

Name: Qabuli
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Oman
Ingredients: 2 cups Basmati rice; 500g Lamb; 200g (canned) Chickpeas; 2 Onion; 1 Tomato; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 tbsp Kabsa spice mix; 4 pods Cardamom; 1 Cinnamon stick; A pinch Saffron; 3 tbsp Raisins; 30g Almonds; 4 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 2 tsp Salt; 800ml Water

Rice

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Lamb and chickpeas simmered with spices and cooked with rice — Oman's celebration rice.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Qabuli is a spiced rice dish made in Oman for weddings and welcoming guests: spice-simmered lamb or chicken and chickpeas are cooked together with rice scented with saffron and cardamom. Serving it on a big platter decorated with fried onions, nuts, and raisins is the festive way of hospitality.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At an Omani wedding feast, a big platter of golden rice is set on a cloth spread on the floor as guests sit in a circle serving themselves with their right hands.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Basmati rice 2 cups
Lamb 500g
Chickpeas 200g (canned)
Onion 2
Tomato 1
Garlic 3 cloves
Kabsa spice mix 1 tbsp
Cardamom 4 pods
Cinnamon stick 1
Saffron A pinch
Raisins 3 tbsp
Almonds 30g
Vegetable Oil 4 tbsp
Salt 2 tsp
Water 800ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot, fry 1 sliced onion until golden, and add the garlic and spices.
Add the lamb and brown, then add the diced tomato, water, and salt and simmer 1 hour.
Add the chickpeas and rinsed rice, cover, and cook on low for 20 minutes.
Dissolve the saffron in a little hot water, drizzle over, and let stand 10 minutes.
Fry the remaining onion, toast the raisins and almonds, and scatter over the rice.

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