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Qatari Machboos Laham

Name: Qatari Machboos Laham
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Qatar
Ingredients: 800g (bone-in) Lamb; 500g (long-grain rice) Rice; 2 Onion; 2 Tomato; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 Lime; 1 Cinnamon stick; 4 pods Cardamom; 4 Clove; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 2 tsp Salt; 1.5L Water

Rice

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Lamb simmered with spices and dried lime, with rice cooked in the broth — Qatar's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Machboos is the spiced rice considered Qatar's national dish, and in Qatar the lamb (laham) version is the most festive. Bone-in lamb is stewed with baharat, dried lime, cinnamon, and cardamom, and long-grain rice is cooked in that broth. It's mounded on a big platter topped with meat and shared by all.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Friday in a Qatari home, spiced rice is heaped on a big tray topped with bone-in lamb as family and guests sit on the floor around it.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Lamb 800g (bone-in)
Rice 500g (long-grain rice)
Onion 2
Tomato 2
Garlic 3 cloves
Lime 1
Cinnamon stick 1
Cardamom 4 pods
Clove 4
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Salt 2 tsp
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot, fry the sliced onion, and add the garlic and spices.
Add the lamb and brown, then add the chopped tomato, slit lime, salt, and water and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
Remove the meat and leave 750ml of broth.
Add the rinsed rice to the broth, cover, and cook on low for 20 minutes.
Mound the rice on a platter and top with the meat (you can brown the meat under a grill).

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