Recipe

Sweet Rice Muhammar Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Amdsat / All my dishes 1 year, 8 months ago muhammar is a must in the bahraini cuisine as a accompaniment to fish and only FISH Prep:10m Cook:40m Servings:6	Amdsat
	muhamar muhammar sweet rice saffron fish

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sameera

alizzz

Ingredients

2 cups basmati rice, washed

1/4 tsp saffron

2 table spoons rose water

3 cardamom pods, cracked

6 cloves

1 cinnamon stick

1/4 cup ghee or butter

1/2 cup sugar

Directions

Soak together saffron, cardamom, cloves, and rosewater; leave aside to steep.

Add rice to 6 cups of boiling water: boil to half cooked about 8 minutes; drain.

Stir sugar through the hot rice

Heat the ghee or butter in the same pan the rice was boiled and add the sweetened rice. Sprinkle the rose water mix on top

Cover the rim of pan with a cloth or paper towels and place lid on tightly

Cook over very low heat about 20-25 minutes. Transfer to serving platter.

Top with melted butter

Best eaten with fried king fish or rabbit fish (safee)

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Comments

alizzz 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Its sounds v.good

thanx

sameera 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Salaams,it does sound nice,thanx for the recipe!

tjhooke 7 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I read somewhere that this was a speciality of the pearl divers in days gone by, and that it enabled them to stay down for up to 15 minutes without air! Does anyone know if this is true?

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