Quzi
User Reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
45 mins
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Cook Time
3 hrs 45 mins
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Total Time
4 hrs 15 mins
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Servings
8 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Middle Eastern, Iraqi
Quzi
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Quzi is a popular dish from Iraq, the Persian Gulf and Turkey composed of rice and lamb, and garnished with almonds, raisins, and eggs.
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Ingredients
For the meat
- 4 lb lamb meat (shoulder or leg), cut into pieces, with bone
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 quarts boiling water
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 dried limes (noomi basra)
- 2 pods cardamom
- 2 cloves garlic , pressed
For the rice
- 3 cups basmati rice
- 2 cups cut fideos (or angel hair)
- 1 onion , chopped
- 2 quarts boiling meat broth (from cooking the lamb)
- 1 large carrot , cut into small cubes
- 4 tablespoons peas
- 1 tablespoon cardamom seeds
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon ground clove
- 2 sticks cinnamon
- 2 dried limes (noomi basra)
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
- vegetable oil
For the decoration
- 5 oz. blanched almonds
- 5 oz. raisins
- 1 onion , chopped
- 2 hard-boiled eggs (optional)
- 1 lb small boiled potatoes (optional)
- vegetable oil
Matériel
- Dutch oven
Instructions
Meat
- In a large Dutch oven, heat 4 tablespoons of oil over medium heat and cook the meat on all sides for 5 to 7 minutes or until browned.
- Add boiling water.
- Then add bay leaves, cardamom, garlic, and dried limes. Season with salt and mix well.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 2 hours.
- Drain the meat from its juice and place it in a dish.
- In a Dutch oven with two tablespoons of oil, brown the meat on all sides for about 10 minutes.
- Set aside.
Rice and fideos
- Wash the rice and let it drain in a colander for 5 minutes.
- Add 4 tablespoons of oil in the bottom of a large Dutch oven and heat over medium heat.
- Add the onions and sauté for 1 minute.
- Add the carrot, peas, cardamom, chili, cinnamon sticks, cloves, black peppercorns, and dried limes. Season with salt and fry for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring regularly.
- Add the rice and fry over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring regularly.
- Add 6 cups (1.5 liter) of strained meat broth and stir well.
- Cook rice over medium heat until all the liquid is absorbed (about 15 minutes).
- In a large saucepan, heat 5 tablespoons of oil over medium heat.
- Add the cut fideos and sauté, stirring constantly until golden brown.
- Add the remaining meat stock, season with salt slightly, and cook the fideos for 5 minutes over high heat.
- Drain and set aside.
Decoration
- In a pan, cook 3 tablespoons oil over medium heat.
- Sauté the onions for 15 seconds then add the raisins and mix well.
- Sauté for 5 minutes, stirring regularly. Set aside.
- In another skillet, heat 6 tablespoons of oil over medium heat.
- Add the almonds and fry until golden brown. Drain, season with salt and set aside.
- In another pan, heat 5 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat.
- Sauté the potatoes, stirring regularly until golden brown.
- Drain and reserve.
Assembly
- In a large serving dish, add the rice first.
- Then sprinkle the rice with the fideos and spread the meat over it.
- Sprinkle with potatoes, onion mixture and raisins, almonds and hard-boiled eggs.
- Serve hot.
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