Ba7-7ari - Meat with Rice (Bahrain)

Name: Ba7-7ari - Meat with Rice (Bahrain)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Gulf States Coast
Ingredients: 1 lb stewing lamb; 2 tsp khaleeji mixed spice (I use half Gulf Spices (Ibzar) & half Baharat Aka Middle East Mixed Spices - the Real Mix to be less spicy); cooking oil; 1 large onion; 2 tsp minced garlic; 3 large tomatoes; 1 tbsp tomato paste; water; 2 dried limes pierced a few times with a skewers; salt; 1 cup basmati rice

Lamb, basmati rice and tomatoes simmered on the stove for a Gulf dish.

1 hr 10 min · Serves 4 · Medium

Method

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Time: Prep 10 min · Cook 60 min · 70 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Rub meat with spices. Fry in cooking oil until browned on all sides. Remove to plate. Fry onions and garlic in same pan until very soft, adding tomatoes part way through so they get cooked as well.
2
Add meat to a large pot along with tomato mixture, add in tomato paste, mix thoroughly. Add water to cover, pierced dried limes and salt to taste.
3
Bring to the boil. Simmer covered on low until meat is tender. Remove liquid so that the amount of liquid left in the pot is what you would usually cook rice inches.
4
Add soaked white basmati rice. Simmer covered until the rice is done.