Mamoosh (Kuwaiti rice with mung beans)

Recipe No.: G-31

Gulf75 minServes 6

Mamoosh is rice with green mung beans, an old dish of Kuwait and the Gulf, usually served with a shrimp or dried fish topping. It is a popular home dish across Gulf households, eaten with yogurt and pickles.

Ingredients for Mamoosh

• For the mamoosh
• 1 cupgreen mung beans, soaked 2 hours and drained
• 2 cupsbasmati rice, soaked 1 hour and drained
• 2onions, chopped, and 4 cloves garlic
• ¼ cupghee or oil
• 1 tspeach ground cumin, coriander and turmeric
• 3cardamom pods, 1 dried black lime (loomi), pierced, salt and chili (optional)
• 4 cupsAbout boiling water
• For the topping
• 400 gpeeled fresh shrimp (or ¾ cup soaked dried shrimp)
• 1onion, chopped, 1 bunch coriander and 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 tspeach cumin, turmeric and salt, and 2 tbsp oil

Method

1. Brown the onion in ghee, add the garlic, spices, loomi and cardamom for 30 seconds.
2. Add the mung beans, boiling water and salt and cook on medium 7 minutes.
3. Add the rice so the water stands about 1.5 cm above it and boil until the liquid drops below the surface.
4. Cover and cook on low 20 to 25 minutes until the rice and beans are done and the water is absorbed.
5. For the topping: sauté the onion in the oil, add the shrimp, spices, tomatoes and coriander and cook 5 to 6 minutes until done.
6. Fluff the mamoosh and serve on a wide dish with the topping over it.

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