15 iraqi rice Recipes

white basmati rice, olive oil (or butter for those who eat dairy), chicken stock (or beef etc.), salt, pine nuts, paper towels , each cut in two

olive oil, onion, chopped, rice, tomato sauce, tomatoes, large chopped, cilantro, minced for garnish, stalks celery, diced, salt, dill weed, pepper, garlic powder

fava beans , before cleaning, rice, chopped fresh dill, onion, chopped, oil, salt , to taste, yogurt or date syrup

baby zucchini (the light green ones ), bell pepper, baharat spice mix, to taste (dh s family uses curry powder ), ground beef, cooking onion, chopped (smaller pieces are better), flat leaf parsley , including stems, chopped, sea salt , to taste, white basmati rice, rinsed and soaked, tomato paste, water

basmati rice, vegetable oil, salt, turmeric, water, dehydrated onion

basmati rice, saffron thread, rose water, oil (or ghee or butter), blanched slivered almond (don tsp leave these out please), onion, finely chopped, ground lamb or 275 g beef, baharat mixed spice (baharat aka middle east mixed spices - the real mix), sea salt , to taste, tomato paste (optional, see introduction ), raisins, chicken stock (i use emirati style yellow )

rice, oil, onion, diced, water or 2 cups, tomato paste or 2 tbsp ketchup, pepper, salt

white basmati rice, washed and soaked as much as needed depending on quality, water, sea salt , to taste, unsalted butter, divided (butter is essential, oil or margarine is not to be subbed here), whole cardamom pods, crushed slightly to open a bit, turmeric powder (it s really for colour), scant 1/2 cup date molasses (dibis tamar in middle eastern shops), balkan yogurt, to serve

white sugar, water, butter, rice flour, freshly ground cardamom, rose water (i prefer iranian, s vary greatly in quality), hand full slivered almonds , toasted in a dry pan, crushed pistachio nut , to almost a powder (optional)

whole stewing chicken, tomato puree, okra, lemon, basmati rice, onions, water

ground lamb with a little fat (i use extra lean ground beef and add a some extra olive oil), garlic clove, crushed, a small onion, finely chopped, chopped parsley, tomato paste, grain white rice, rinsed (i use basmati), baharat mixed spice (i use , baharat aka middle east mixed spices - the real mix), sea salt , to taste, fresh ground black pepper , to taste, lemon , juice of, olive oil, zucchini (or cusa, the small stuffing squash are best if you can get them), olive oil, broth (chicken or beef, if needed), lemon , juice of, date syrup (also called date molasses, dibis in arabic, silan in hebrew), sea salt , to taste, canned plum tomato , ground in a food processor, tomato paste, garlic clove, crushed, olive oil, drippings from cooked zucchini, baharat mixed spice (i use , baharat aka middle east mixed spices - the real mix)

cooking onion, olive oil, whole dried lime , pierced once with a skewer (loomi, not optional! it gives it s distinctive taste to this soup), tomato paste, garlic cloves, crushed, tomato, chopped, sea salt, fresh ground black pepper, ground cumin, fresh cilantro, chopped, carrot, diced, yellow potato, diced, chicken stock (i use my own homemade), red lentil, rice vermicelli, broken up, lemon , a fresh squeeze for each serving (optional but delicious)

lamb shanks, cold water, dried lime (noomi, loomi, 1 strip of lemon rind may be used), onion, finely chopped, olive oil, baharat ( aka middle east mixed spices - the real mix), turmeric, canned tomato puree (i always sweeten with 3/4 tbsp brown sugar), salt & pepper, raisins (optional, i recommend ), lemon , juice of (optional i think it just adds more to the flavor, which is good.)