Get the latest recipes from Amdsat http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/amdsat Muhammar is a must in the bahraini cuisine as a accompaniment to fish and only FISH http://www.grouprecipes.com/43382/sweet-rice-muhammar.html This dish is very common in Muharram the first month in the Islamic calendar (especially Ashur i.e. the first ten days of this month). In the capital Al Manama, ma'atams ((places similar to mosques where people gather to listen and remember the martyrdom of Imam Hussein)) serve this dish for free as a lunch or sometimes dinner. The name emawash came from mung bean in arabic it's called (mash bean) http://www.grouprecipes.com/43268/shrimp-momawash-emawash.html