Easiest Way to Tips Tasty Fish Machboos

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Fish Machboos. Machboos is a national rice dish in Kuwait, which is a spiced rice dish mixed with fish. Common fish they use includes Zubaidi (white pomfret) or other large meaty fish. First, let's talk about "machboos" : it literally translates to compressed, as everything is compressed by the rice and fish!

Here am sharing the recipe of Fish majboos.

Majboos is the national dish of Bahrain and hence it is called as Bahraini dish.

You can serve Fish Machboos topped with nuts and fried onions and a side of Salata Hara (a spicy tomato crush), it goes well with this rice.

You can have Fish Machboos using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Fish Machboos

1. Prepare 1-2 of King Fish steak.

2. It’s 1 cup of basmati rice, soaked for 30 minutes.

3. Prepare 3 tbsp. of oil.

4. You need 1" of cinnamon.

5. You need 2-3 of green cardamoms.

6. It’s 4-5 of cloves.

7. It’s 1 of onion, chopped.

8. It’s 1 tsp. of ginger-garlic paste.

9. It’s 1/2 tsp. of turmeric powder.

10. Prepare 1+1 tsp of Arabic spice.

11. It’s 1/2 tsp. of cardamom powder.

12. It’s 2 of dry lime.

13. Prepare 2 of green chilies.

14. You need to taste of salt.

15. You need 1 tbsp. of coriander leaves, chopped.

16. You need 2 tbsp. of fried onion.

17. You need 2 tsp. of ghee.

Salata Hara (Arabic style tomato crush/salsa) Today lets see how to make Fish Machboos / Majboos.

Machboos is a dish which is prepared with chicken, fish and mutton.

Here am sharing the recipe of Fish majboos.

Majboos is the national dish of Bahrain and so it is called as Bahraini dish.

Fish Machboos instructions

1. Apply 1 tsp. of the Arabic spice and salt to taste to the fish steak and marinate for 10-15 minutes. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a pan and fry the fish till well done on both sides. Drain and keep aside..

2. Heat remaining oil & temper with cardamoms, cinnamon and cloves. Add the onion and saute till it turns slightly brown..

3. Add all the dry spices & ginger-garlic paste mixed with some water. Saute till the oil separates..

4. Add the soaked rice, green chilies & the dry lime. Mix everything well and saute for 2 minutes..

5. Add 1 1/2 cups hot water & pressure cook for 2 whistles. Switch off the flame and let it cool down..

6. Add the ghee and fluff it up with a fork..

7. Transfer to a serving plate and arrange the fried fish on top. Garnish with coriander leaves and fried onion. Enjoy as it is or with some side dish..

It is very similar to Biryani ( Indian) and Kabsa ( Soudi Arabia).

Arabic Rice is also known as Kubsa or Machboos.

The one with chicken is always a hit at home.

I love it since the preparation time is less and recipe is easy to follow.

This is the traditional dish of Arabs and they add lots of raisins and nuts like almonds , pine nuts in this.