Kuwaiti Marbian (shrimp & rice)

Name: Kuwaiti Marbian (shrimp & rice)
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Gulf
Ingredients: For the shrimp:; 700 g medium shrimp, peeled and cleaned; 2 onions, chopped, and 5 cloves garlic; 3 tomatoes, chopped, and 1 tbsp tomato paste; ¼ cup oil or ghee; 1 tbsp fish spice mix (or cumin, coriander, turmeric and black pepper); 1 tsp paprika and ½ tsp ground cardamom; 2 dried black limes (loomi), pierced, and salt; ½ bunch coriander and ½ bunch dill, chopped; For the rice:; 3 cups basmati rice, soaked and drained; 4½ cups boiling water or fish stock

Recipe No.: G-27

Gulf60 minServes 6

Marbian is one of Kuwait's seafood dishes: rice cooked with shrimp, spices, coriander, dill and dried lime. It belongs to the Gulf coast table, where shrimp is a staple of the season, and it is served with daqoos and salad.

Ingredients for Kuwaiti Marbian

For the shrimp
700 gmedium shrimp, peeled and cleaned
2onions, chopped, and 5 cloves garlic
3tomatoes, chopped, and 1 tbsp tomato paste
¼ cupoil or ghee
1 tbspfish spice mix (or cumin, coriander, turmeric and black pepper)
1 tsppaprika and ½ tsp ground cardamom
2dried black limes (loomi), pierced, and salt
½ bunchcoriander and ½ bunch dill, chopped
For the rice
3 cupsbasmati rice, soaked and drained
4½ cupsboiling water or fish stock

Method

Brown the onion in the oil until golden, then add the garlic, spices, coriander and dill for 30 seconds.
Add the tomatoes, paste, loomi and salt and cook 8 minutes until soft and thick.
Add half the shrimp for 3 minutes, then the drained rice and stir 1 minute.
Pour in the boiling water and adjust the salt, boil 5 minutes, then cover and cook on low for 18 minutes.
Sear the remaining shrimp in a spoon of oil for 2 to 3 minutes and place on top.
Rest 10 minutes and serve with lemon and daqoos.

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