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Ouzi

Name: Ouzi
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Syria
Ingredients: 2 cups Rice; 12 Phyllo Dough; 300g Ground Beef; 150g Green peas; 1 Onion; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; 2 Clove; 2 tsp Chicken bouillon; 450ml Water; 60g Butter; 40g Almonds; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Rice

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Spiced rice, ground meat, and peas wrapped in phyllo and baked — Syrian celebration rice.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ouzi originally refers to a feast dish of whole roast lamb stuffed with spiced rice. In Syria, a version where spiced rice, ground meat, peas, and nuts are wrapped in thin pastry and baked is often made. Breaking open the parcel releases fragrant rice — a showy dish for entertaining.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a celebratory dinner in a Syrian home, a knife cuts into a golden round parcel and spice-scented rice spills out.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Rice 2 cups
Phyllo Dough 12
Ground Beef 300g
Green peas 150g
Onion 1
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Clove 2
Chicken bouillon 2 tsp
Water 450ml
Butter 60g
Almonds 40g
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Melt 20g butter in a pot, fry the chopped onion and ground beef, and season with the spices, salt, and pepper.
Add the rinsed rice, peas, water, and stock powder, cover, cook on low for 15 minutes, and let cool.
Toast the almonds in butter.
Line a small bowl with 3 sheets of phyllo brushed with melted butter, fill with almonds and rice, wrap, and turn out onto a baking sheet.
Brush the tops with melted butter and bake at 190°C for 25 minutes until golden.

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