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Omani & Dhofari

Omani Shuwa

Oman's great celebration dish: marinated lamb or goat wrapped in palm leaves and buried in a sealed fire-pit for a day or more, emerging meltingly tender and deeply spiced — the food of Eid and communal feasts.

25 hr · Serves 10 · Takes some skill

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Serves
10

Ingredients

Meat

Marinade

Assembly

Method

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Time
Prep 60 min · Cook 1440 min · 1500 min total
Difficulty
hard
  1. 1

    Coat the meat heavily in the spice marinade; wrap tightly in palm leaves.

    50 min
  2. 2

    Bury in a sealed underground fire-pit and slow-cook for a day or more (traditionally over Eid al-Adha).

    1440 min
  3. 3

    Unearth; serve the fall-apart meat over spiced rice.

    10 min

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