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Madrouba

Name: Madrouba
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Qatar
Ingredients: 200g Rice; 400g Chicken Thigh; 1 Onion; 1 Tomato; 3 Cardamom; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 1/2 Lime; 30g Butter; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 1.2L Water

Rice

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rice and chicken simmered with spices until the grains disappear — Qatar's 'beaten' porridge.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Madrouba means 'beaten,' a traditional Qatari dish of rice and chicken simmered soft with cardamom, cumin, and dried lime, then stirred vigorously with a wooden paddle until smooth. It's made to break the Ramadan fast and in the cold season, finished with ghee (clarified butter).

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Ramadan dinner in a Qatari home, smooth rice and chicken porridge is mounded on a big platter and drizzled with melted butter.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 200g
Chicken Thigh 400g
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Cardamom 3
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Lime 1/2
Butter 30g
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 1.2L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the rice and soak in water for 30 minutes.
Fry the chopped onion in a pot, add the chicken, chopped tomato, spices, sliced lime, and water, and simmer 30 minutes.
Remove the chicken, debone, shred, and return to the pot.
Add the rice and simmer on low for 40 minutes, stirring, until the grains break down.
Stir vigorously with a wooden spatula until smooth and drizzle with melted butter.

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