Zurbian

Method 7 steps

1. 1

   Marinate the lamb in yoghurt with the hawaij and salt for two hours.

2. 2

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

3. 3

   Fry the onion in ghee to a deep gold and set half of it aside.

4. 4

   Brown the meat with the remaining onion, add the tomatoes and cardamom and stew an hour.

5. 5

   Fry the potato rounds to a golden crust in a separate pan.

6. 6

   Boil the rice in salted water for seven minutes, to half done, and drain it.

7. 7

   Layer the meat, rice, potato and raisins, streak the saffron over and bake it covered for thirty minutes.