Lamb Zurbian Recipe
This delicious lamb zurbian from the
old Arabian Gulf cuisine is a good dish for a feast. Your family and
friends are going to love it!
2 large potatoes
1 large onion, sliced
1 large tomato, peeled and diced
10 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 cup yogurt
1/3 cup oil
2 1/2 liters water
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp Lebanese 7 spice mix
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp hot red pepper
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp saffron
1 tbsp lemon juice
4 cups basmati rice, washed several times and soaked for an hour
1 piece of charcoal (and oil / for evaporation)
For garnish:
1 cup onions, fried
Method
1. In
a deep saucepan, add the oil and fry the onion and stir until golden
brown. Transfer fried onion to a dish, put aside. In the same oil, add
the meat, all the spices, lemon juice, yogurt, cinnamon, Saffron,
garlic, half the amount of fried onions and chopped tomatoes. Stir well
until the meat boils for 5 minutes.
2. Add
hot water on the meat and leave until it boils again. Cover the pot and
leave to boil for an hour. Add potatoes and salt and let it boil for 30
minutes.
3. Strain
the rice and put it on the meat (for each cup of rice you need 1 1/2
cup of broth). When the rice boils, reduce the heat, cover and cook for
about 20 minutes.
4. Burn
the charcoal. Add some oil in a small deep dish. Put the small dish on
the surface of the rice and put the burned charcoal in it. Cover the pot
immediately and cook over low heat until rice is totally cooked.
5. Turn the rice over a large serving dish, garnish with fried onion and serve
