Umm Ali Recipe (Pastry Milk Pudding with Nuts)
Make umm ali: baked puff pastry torn into a dish with nuts and raisins, covered in hot sweet milk and cream, then grilled golden. Quick Ramadan dessert.
Machboos, murabyan, quozi, jareesh and quwarmah: Kuwaiti home cooking built on bzar spice, dried lime and seafood from the Gulf.
Recipes developed and tested by Farwa Zeeshan
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- 9Chicken MachboosKuwait's national rice
- 9MurabyanShrimp and dill rice
- 9QuoziFeast lamb on rice
- 9JareeshRamadan cracked wheat
Kuwaiti Chicken QuwarmahSpiced chicken quwarmah- Kuwaiti DarabeelCrisp rolled wafers
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Kuwaiti Recipes FAQ
What is the national dish of Kuwait?
Machboos, spiced rice with chicken, lamb or fish.
What is bzar?
A Kuwaiti spice blend of cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, pepper and dried lime.
What is murabyan?
Kuwaiti shrimp rice with dill and dried lime.
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Muttabaq Samak Recipe (Kuwaiti Fish and Rice)
Make Kuwaiti muttabaq samak: fried spiced fish layered over rice cooked in its own stock, topped with sweet onion daqqus. A Kuwaiti national fish dish.
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Kuwaiti Fish Stew Recipe (Mutabbaq Saloona Samak)
Make Kuwaiti fish stew: firm white fish simmered gently in a tangy tomato, loomi and bzar sauce with coriander. Keeps the fish whole and never fishy.
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Shorbat Adas Recipe (Kuwaiti Lentil Soup)
Make shorbat adas, the creamy red lentil soup that opens every Ramadan iftar in Kuwait, spiced with cumin and finished with lemon and crispy bread.
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Tashreeb Recipe (Kuwaiti Chicken and Bread Stew)
Make Kuwaiti tashreeb dajaj: a loomi and bzar chicken and vegetable stew ladled over torn crisp bread. A Ramadan iftar favourite, simple and warming.
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Murabyan Recipe (Kuwaiti Shrimp Rice)
Make Kuwaiti murabyan: rice cooked with shrimp, dill, loomi and spices for a fragrant seafood pilaf. Learn to cook the shrimp in stages so they stay juicy.
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Quozi Recipe (Gulf Roast Lamb on Spiced Rice)
Make quozi, the Gulf feast dish: lamb shoulder slow-roasted with baharat until it falls off the bone, served over saffron rice with nuts and raisins.
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Chicken Machboos Recipe (Kuwaiti Spiced Rice)
Make Kuwaiti chicken machboos: chicken simmered with loomi and bzar spice, rice cooked in the stock and topped with sweet onion hashu. Served with daqqus.
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Jareesh Recipe (Kuwaiti Cracked Wheat with Chicken)
Make Kuwaiti jareesh: cracked wheat slow-cooked with chicken and spices until creamy, finished with a crisp onion and ghee topping. A Ramadan favourite.
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Kuwaiti Marag Al Khadaar Recipe (Vegetable and Meat Stew)
Cook Kuwaiti marag al khadaar, a hearty tomato stew of lamb and mixed vegetables with baharat and loomi. Vegetables tender, never mushy.
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