🇰🇼 Kuwait cuisine · #9

Aish Mahammar

Aish Mahammar
Time50 min
Serves6
Ingredients7

Sweet brown rice cooked with caramelised sugar or date syrup, cardamom and saffron, served with fish.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Parboil and drain the rice.
  2. Caramelise the sugar, then add water, ghee and cardamom.
  3. Add the rice, cover and steam 20 minutes.
  4. Sprinkle saffron and rose water.
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