Middle Eastern spiced rice with braised lamb served with iced rice milk : Calrice

Middle Eastern spiced rice with braised lamb served with iced rice milk

INGREDIENTS:

For the rice:

4 tablespoons olive oil
3 cups Calrose medium grain rice
6 cups chicken broth
1 cup chopped onion
Half cup chopped carrot
1 cup fresh peas
Half cup diced tomato
1 tablespoon each cumin, fennel, and black mustard seeds
Salt and pepper to taste

For the braised lamb:

2 lbs. lamb shoulder meat cut into smalls chunks
1 cup chopped onion
Half cup chopped cilantro
Half cup chopped mint
2 cups chopped and peeled tomatoes
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
Half tablespoon toasted and ground allspice
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
6 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

For the rice milk:

2 cups Calrose medium grain rice
1 cup raisins
2 each cinnamon sticks
3 each green cardamoms
6 cups water
Sugar or sweetener to taste

DIRECTIONS:

1. Start by adding all of the ingredients for the rice milk into the water, and soak overnight in the refrigerator.
2. Once the rice is been soaking at least for 24 hours, simply blend several times until all of the rice is blended into a puree.
3. Strain the rice milk through cheesecloth and discard whatever won’t go through.
4. Add ice and sweetener and put back in refrigerator until ready to drink.
5. For the braised lamb: start by browning the meat in a large pan on medium heat until golden brown.
6. Add the onion and cook for about one minute.
7. Add the rest of the lamb ingredients and braise in a 375 degree oven for about two hours.

About one hour before the lamb is done and in a separate pan, add the olive oil, fennel, cumin, and mustard seeds.

When the seeds begging to pop, add the onion and cook for about one minute.
Add the rice and continue to cook until golden brown. Add the rest of the rice ingredients and turn the heat to low.
Cook for about twenty minutes and after that let the rice rest for at least ten more minutes.
Once the rice is done, simply serve a couple large spoonfuls of rice, topped with some of the braised lamb and grab a tall glass of iced rice milk.

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