🇾🇪 Yemen cuisine · #6

Zurbian

Zurbian
Time120 min
Serves8
Ingredients11

Aden-style rice with yoghurt-marinated lamb, fried potatoes and saffron — biryani-like with a Yemeni twist.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Marinate the lamb in yoghurt, ginger, garlic and spices overnight.
  2. Cook until tender.
  3. Parboil the rice.
  4. Layer lamb, potatoes and onions, then rice; drizzle saffron, rose water and ghee.
  5. Cover and steam 30 minutes.
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