Moarraq

An interesting lamb dish from Saudi Arabia.

This recipe contains the following types of ingredient: meat and poultry; plants and fungi.

450 g

diced lamb

cloves garlic

45 ml

fresh chopped parsley

10 ml

FAIRTRADE cayenne pepper

225 g

long grain brown basmati FAIRTRADE rice

315 ml

boiling water

60 ml

Zaytoun FAIRTRADE olive oil

red pepper

5 ml

salt

small onions

Zaytoun FAIRTRADE black olives

Skin and crush the garlic.

De-seed and chop the pepper.

Top and tail, skin and finely chop the onions.

Wash the rice.

Heat the oil and cook the onions for a few minutes.

Add the garlic, meat, red pepper and season and cook for 5 minutes stirring frequently.

Add the boiling water, cover and cook for 2 hours over moderate heat.

Drain the rice and add with the olives to the meat. Cook for 30 minutes until the liquid is absorbed.

Stir in the parsley at the last moment and serve hot.

1) Use 10 ml dried parsley instead of fresh.

2) Add 50 gm FAIRTRADE Raisins or Apricots (soaked) with the boiling water.