Machboos

Method 7 steps

1. 1

   Rinse the rice until the water runs clear and soak it twenty minutes.

2. 2

   Fry the onion in ghee to a deep gold, fifteen minutes, and set a third aside.

3. 3

   Add the garlic, ginger, bizar and turmeric and warm them a minute, until fragrant.

4. 4

   Add the tomatoes and the pierced limes, pour in water at one and a half times the volume of the rice, and season.

5. 5

   Bring it up, add the rice, cover and cook fifteen minutes on a low heat.

6. 6

   Lay the prawns over the rice, cover and give it five more minutes; they cook in the steam.

7. 7

   Rest it ten minutes and scatter with the reserved onion, coriander and chilli.