Kabsa spices + Kabsa rice - Saudi rice with lamb meat

Name: Kabsa spices + Kabsa rice - Saudi rice with lamb meat
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon garlic powder; 1 tablespoon white pepper; 1.5 tablespoon turmeric; 1 tablespoon cinnamon; 1 tablespoon paprika; 1 tablespoon ground allspice; 7 tablespoons curry powder; 1 tablespoon cardamom powder (if available); 1 tablespoon lime powder (if available); 4 teaspoons the above spices mix; 4 cups basmati rice; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 carrot, chopped; 1/4 red pepper; 1/4 yellow pepper (or 1/2 of any colours); 2 teaspoons tomato paste; 1 cube chicken stock; handful dried raisins (optional); 500 g lamb meat cubes; 1 dried lime; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 bay leaf; Shredded almonds; pine nuts; pistachios; 1 teaspoon butter and oil

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

Amazing dish to prepare when you have friends around or when you feel like cooking while you’re self isolating #quarantine #lunchideas #cookathome
(I made a lot so I’ll probably have it for lunch and dinner over the next two days 😆)

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Ingredients

6 servings

Kabsa spices mix (for multiple uses):
1 tablespoongarlic powder
1 tablespoonwhite pepper
1.5 tablespoonturmeric
1 tablespooncinnamon
1 tablespoonpaprika
1 tablespoonground allspice
7 tablespoonscurry powder
1 tablespooncardamom powder (if available)
1 tablespoonlime powder (if available)
For the rice
4 teaspoonsthe above spices mix
4 cupsbasmati rice
1medium onion, chopped
1carrot, chopped
1/4red pepper
1/4yellow pepper (or 1/2 of any colours)
2 teaspoonstomato paste
1 cubechicken stock
handfuldried raisins (optional)
To cook the meat
500 glamb meat cubes
1dried lime
1cinnamon stick
1bay leaf
Topping
Shredded almonds
pine nuts
pistachios
1 teaspoonbutter and oil

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Steps

1

📌📌📌NOTE: for the Kabsa spices I didn't have cardamom powder and lime powder so I used 2 cardamom cloves and half dried lime while cooking the rice instead. After you mix all the spices you can save them in a jar to use later. You can also use the spice mix to marinate your chicken 🍗
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Rinse the rice and soak it for ~ 30 minutes with a teaspoon of salt
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Start with boiling the lamb cubes with 1 dried lime, cinnamon stick and 1 bay leaf
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Meanwhile fry the onions with oil in a pot, and add the spices 3 minutes later. (Frying the spices with the onions makes the flavour so much stronger than adding the spices in later steps)
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Add the peppers and carrot cubes. Mix for 3 minutes then add the tomato paste and mix again for 3 more minutes
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Add the rice with the dried raisins and mix gently to make sure each grain is covered with the spices.
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By this time the meat will be cooked. Pour its water on the rice then add half a dried lime with two cardamom cloves on top. Leave on high heat for 15min then cover the pot and leave on medium to low heat for 10 more minutes
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In a saucepan fry the cooked meat with some nuts of your choice in butter and oil with a pinch of salt and black pepper
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When the rice is cooked, remember to remove the cardamom and the lime from the top.
10

Serve in a big plate with the nuts and meat on top