Machbous Recipe with lamb: make it delicious with Milkio ghee
Machboos is an Arabian Bedouins favorite meal. It is a perfect Iftar meal that reflects a rich Emirati heritage.
Machbous is UAE’s one of the most traditional dishes. It is a festive dish although people of UAE prefer to have it quite frequently for its delicious taste and nutritional quality.
It is mostly made with lamb, but this preparation can be tried with Pomfret fish as well as with chicken. The taste is wholesome and the effort it needs to cook the dish is worth trying.
Prep Time : 20 minutes.
Cooking time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Serving-8-10 people approximately.
Ingredients for the recipe
The entire Machbous cooking process is divided in three portions:
Preparing the meat
Cooking the gravy
Cooking the rice.
For the lamb:
Lamb meat, well rinsed, dried, marinated overnight with
Salt,
Bezar spice,
Lemon juice,
Turmeric,
Saffron
Instruction for preparing the Machbous gravy:
Milkio’s grass fed sheep Ghee for cooking
Onions: 6 finely sliced
Green chilies, garlic and ginger: 50g each, finely chopped
Bezar spice: 3-1/2 Tablespoon
Ground turmeric: 1/2 Tablespoon
Ground cinnamon: 1 teaspoon.
Cinnamon sticks and cardamom: 10 each
Cloves: 8 cloves
Dry Fruits(Sultanas, whole blanched almonds, and whole unsalted raw cashew nuts): 1 cup each,
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