🇧🇭 Bahrain cuisine · #2

Muhammar

Muhammar
Time50 min
Serves6
Ingredients7

Sweet rice with sugar or date syrup, saffron, cardamom and rose water, traditionally served with fried fish.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Parboil and drain the rice.
  2. Return to the pot with syrup, ghee and cardamom.
  3. Cover and steam 20 minutes.
  4. Sprinkle saffron and rose water; serve with fish.
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