Laham Khabsah

Laham= Meat, Khabsah = Rice.It’s an Arabic preparation which is seasoned meat flavored rice. This mildly spiced yet delicious dish would definitely make your day. 

Ingredients required for Laham Khabsah:

Lamb Meat – 500g (Big pieces)

Long grain rice (Basmati rice) – 11/2 Cup

Onions – 2 Cups (1 Big, finely chopped)

Tomatoes – 2 Cups (2 Big, finely chopped)

Tomato Paste – 2 Tbsp.

Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 Tbsp.

Green Chillies – 2-3 Nos

Coriander Powder (Dhaniya)– 1 Tbsp.

Cumin Powder (Jeera) – 1 Tbsp.

Cinnamon Sticks – 2-3 Nos

Cloves – ½ Tsp.

Cardamom (Elaichi) – ½ Tbsp.

Pepper Cons – ¼ Tbsp.

Fennel seeds – ½  Tsp.

Turmeric – 1 Tbsp.

Bay Leaves – 2-3 Nos

Dried Lime – 1 (We will get it in any hyper market)

Salt

Oil

How to prepare Laham Khabsah: (Soak the rice in water for 45 min)

Take a deep rice pot on medium flame and heat oil in it. Then put in the cleaned mutton and let it fry for few seconds. Then goes in the salt, onions, cloves, cinnamon, lemon, bay leaves, cardamom, peppers cons, turmeric & fennel seeds. Give all of it a good stir and put lid to cook for 2-3 minutes. Remove the lid and put in the ginger-garlic paste, cumin powder, coriander powder & chillies. Once again stir well and put the lid. This process will make the meat cook well in spices. After 5-7 minutes, take off the lid and put the tomatoes along with the tomato paste. Let everything cook for 2-3 minutes without the lid. Now pour 1Lt cold water. This is the time you give the dish a taste and add salt/spices etc., in accordance to your taste buds.

Bring the water to boil to an extent till you find the meat to be cooked, tender and moist. Now remove just the meat out of the pot and place it on a baking tray lined with aluminum foil. Do not turn of the stove. Set the tray aside.

Meanwhile, put rice in the boiling flavored water in the pot and let it cook for 20 minutes with lid on. You can have a check on the water levels and turn of the rice once done. Do not stir rice immediately when it’s hot as it will break the rice. Let it cool down before you stir. This way, your rice will be flaky and non sticky.

While the rice is being cooked, sprinkle little oil on the meat & broil it in the oven. Jus place the tray on the middle level with bottom coil “ON”. Keep the oven at 300°C. Broil it just for 5-10 minutes. This will make the meat moist and yummilicious to eat J

Once the rice is cooled down a bit, garnish it with ghee fried almond flakes, pistachios & serve it with the broiled meat.

Hope you enjoy the dish as much as I did cooking it.:)

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