Oman
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Shuwa
Oman's buried treasure: a whole goat or lamb marinated in spices, wrapped in banana leaves and sacks, and buried in a sand pit oven for one to two days — the Eid al-Adha centrepiece. Ingredients: whole goat or lamb, shuw…
Majboos (Omani)
Oman's spiced rice: chicken or lamb over rice cooked in a tomato-baharat broth — the Gulf majboos in Omani dress, milder and fragrant with dried lime. (Cousin to Saudi kabsa; Oman's version leans on its own baharat and d…
Omani Halwa
The gelatinous jewel of Sohar: a wobbling, translucent halwa of starch, sugar, ghee, rosewater, saffron and nuts, stirred in copper pots for hours and cut with a sword-like ceremony. Ingredients: sugar, corn or sago star…
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