Muhammar
Bahrain's sweet rice: golden, date-or-sugar-sweetened rice scented with saffron and cardamom, served with fried fish or chicken — the island's festive signature. Ingredients: basmati rice, sugar or date syrup, saffron, cardamom, rosewater, ghee, fried fish or chicken to serve, nuts.
What it is
Bahrain's sweet rice: golden, date-or-sugar-sweetened rice scented with saffron and cardamom, served with fried fish or chicken — the island's festive signature. Ingredients: basmati rice, sugar or date syrup, saffron, cardamom, rosewater, ghee, fried fish or chicken to serve, nuts. Recipe: 1) Parboil rice; drain. 2) Make a saffron-cardamom syrup. 3) Layer rice and syrup; steam (dum) until glossy and fragrant. 4) Crown with ghee and nuts. Serve: with fried safi fish or spiced chicken — sweet and savoury on one plate. Flavor: floral sweetness against savoury fish. History: muhammar reflects Bahrain's date wealth and pearl-trade sugar routes; it is the island's dish of celebration. See also: Ghoozi, Khanfaroosh.
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