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Murabyan
Kuwaiti rice with prawns in a broth of their own shells, with dill and dried lime.
5 servings · 85 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 5 servings.
- 1 kg Prawns, shell-on
- 500 g Basmati rice
- 3 piece Onions
- 80 g Dill
- 40 g Coriander
- 2 piece Dried lime
- 2 piece Tomatoes
- 2 tsp Turmeric
- 1 tbsp Bizar spice mix
- 5 clove Garlic
- 80 g Ghee
- to taste Salt
Method
- Peel the prawns and keep the shells and heads.
- Fry the shells in a spoon of ghee for five minutes, cover with a litre of water and simmer twenty minutes. Strain.
- Rinse the rice and soak it twenty minutes.
- Fry the onion in ghee until golden, then add the garlic, turmeric and bizar.
- Add the tomatoes, the pierced limes and half the dill, pour in the prawn broth and season.
- Add the rice, cover and cook fifteen minutes on a low heat without opening it.
- Lay the prawns and the rest of the dill on top, cover and give it five minutes. Rest ten and serve.
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