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Rice for Yemeni Feast

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 2 cinnamon sticks, broken into pieces
  • 20 cardamom, in pod
  • 20+ cloves
  • 2 cups Basmati rice
  • 4 cups boiling water
  • Food coloring (we used a few drops of red and yellow, but they would usually use orange… need to get name/type.)
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  • Heat oil in a large pot. Add whole spices until they sputter. Add rice and fry a bit.
  • Add boiling water and stir to combine.
  • Cover and cook until rice is done. Add a bit of food coloring at the end.
  • Serve with chunks of meat and/or veggies from the Mereg (refer to the top of the photo at the top of this post).
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