Khaleeji
Machboos Rubyan (Shrimp Machboos)
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Machboos Rubyan (Shrimp Machboos) is Khaleeji home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Season the shrimp with a little salt and set aside.
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Heat the ghee in a heavy pot and cook the sliced onion until soft and golden, about 6 minutes.
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Stir in the garlic and baharat and cook 1 minute, then add the chopped tomato and tomato paste and cook 3 minutes.
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Add the pierced dried limes, cardamom, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, water, and salt, and bring to a boil.
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Rinse the rice and stir it in, cover, reduce the heat to low, and cook 15 minutes until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed.
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Push the rice to one side, add the shrimp to the pot, and cook 4 minutes until just pink, then fold gently together.
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Scatter with the bloomed saffron, toasted almonds, and raisins, and bring the pot to the table so everyone serves from one platter.
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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 Machboos Rubyan (Shrimp Machboos), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Machboos Rubyan (Shrimp Machboos) carries tree nuts, dairy, and shellfish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Balaleet (Sweet Vermicelli with Omelette) |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Kabsa |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Balaleet (Sweet Vermicelli with Omelette) |
| 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
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 59 g
- Fat
- 20 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 540 mg
- Saturated fat
- 6 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Machboos Rubyan (Shrimp Machboos) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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