Qatari Machboush

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 1 hour

Serves: 18

Ingredients

 * Small green pepper (less green pepper then onions and tomatoes)
 * Onions
 * Tomatoes
 * Dried lemon - know as lemon aswad (black lemon, available in the souq)
 * Cloves (not more than three pieces)
 * 2 Cinnamon sticks
 * Tbsp ebzar - or use ready made mix which includes cumin and pepper
 * Salt
 * Pepper
 * Rice - soaked for at least 30 minutes
 * Fish, chicken, or meat
 * Fish, chicken, or meat

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Directions
Fry the onions and tomatoes (or use tomato sauce); sauté both in spices, cloves, cinnamon, ebzar/mix, salt and pepper, and black lemon. The black lemon is the key ingredient which makes this dish different from briyani.

Add meat and brown - cook halfway

Add water and rice (enough water to cook the amount of rice)

Cook together until rice and meat are done and all water is absorbed

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