Khaleeji

Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish)

Name: Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Khaleeji
Ingredients: 4 tomato; 3 garlic cloves; 1 whole dried limes (loomi); 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 green chili; 1/2 tsp ground cumin; 2 tbsp cooking oil; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp cilantro

Fatima @fatima_machboos

Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish) is Khaleeji home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Halal Dairy free Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 tomato
3 garlic cloves
1 whole dried limes (loomi)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 green chili
1/2 tsp ground cumin
2 tbsp cooking oil
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp cilantro

How to cook it

Heat the oil in a small saucepan and cook the minced garlic and chopped green chili for 1 minute until fragrant.
Add the chopped tomato, the pierced dried lime and the cumin, and cook 12 minutes, mashing occasionally, until the tomato breaks down into a thick, jammy relish.
Remove the dried lime, stir in the lemon juice and salt, and cook 2 minutes more.
Let cool slightly, stir in the cilantro, and serve alongside a rice platter, the sharp tomato relish that cuts through a rich machboos.

Watch how to cook Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Khaleeji dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Bayd bil Tamat (Eggs in Tomato Sauce)
  
  20 min
What it is eaten with
- Ruz Mfalfal (Buttered Basmati Rice)
  
  25 min
Something cool and fresh
- Cucumber and Laban Salad
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 80 kcal
Protein: 1 g
Carbs: 4 g
Fat: 7 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 150 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.