🇴🇲 Oman cuisine · #1

Omani Shuwa

Omani Shuwa
Time1440 min
Serves10
Ingredients10

Lamb or goat rubbed with a red spice paste, wrapped in palm fronds and buried in a pit of embers for one or two days — Oman's most important Eid dish.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Mix spices, garlic, vinegar, oil and salt into a paste.
  2. Score the meat, rub with the paste and leave overnight.
  3. Wrap in banana leaves or several layers of foil.
  4. In a home oven, cook at 120°C for 8–10 hours until it falls apart.
  5. Serve with rice.