Mechwi Jader- Upside down rice and vegetable cake

Dorar el Bahrain
Dorar el Bahrain @cook_5061741
Bahrain

A typical dish from Bahrain, prepared during the holy month of Ramadan. It always looks amazing!

Mechwi Jader- Upside down rice and vegetable cake

A typical dish from Bahrain, prepared during the holy month of Ramadan. It always looks amazing!

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Ingredients

60 mins
6 servings
  1. 1 kgmeat, cut into big cubes
  2. 3 cupsrice
  3. 2 potatoes, cut into big squares
  4. 2 onions, cut into squares
  5. 1 bell pepper, cut into squares
  6. 1 green hot peppers
  7. 3 black loumi
  8. 1/2 cupvegetable oil
  9. Spices for the meat
  10. 2 cinnamon sticks
  11. 4 cardamom pods
  12. 2 bay leaves
  13. 1 onion
  14. salt to taste
  15. Spices for rice cooking:
  16. 2 cardamom pods
  17. 2 black pepper grain
  18. 2 clove seeds
  19. 1 teaspoonground cinnamon

Cooking Instructions

60 mins
  1. 1

    Place the chicken or meat in a medium saucepan and add water to cover.

  2. 2

    Put the saucepan over heat. When the water boils, remove the fatty liquid that forms on the top then add the spices for cooking the meat or chicken and salt and reduce the heat.

  3. 3

    Cover the saucepan and keep on heat until the chicken or meat is done then remove and drain the chicken or meat and keep their broth.

  4. 4

    Put the oil in a saucepan, add onions and potatoes and fry well until the onions turn lightly brown.

  5. 5

    Add in the meat or chicken, bell pepper, green hot pepper, “loumi”, and tomatoes. Stir the ingredients for few minutes then add 1 cup of broth to the saucepan and leave for 10 minutes over low heat.

  6. 6

    Meanwhile, boil the rice in a saucepan containing water and the spices for rice cooking. Leave it on heat until the rice is half cooked then remove the rice and drain it.

  7. 7

    Add the rice over the chicken or meat mixture, then add in another cup of broth and close the saucepan well.

  8. 8

    Leave the saucepan over low heat for half an hour then remove from heat and leave it in a warm place until serving.

  9. 9

    Flip the saucepan over into a serving dish and serve hot.

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Comments

mom abdurrahman
mom abdurrahman @cook_5190604
lovely meal, i seperate the rice and meat. instead of combinig it.

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