Ruzz bi-l-mukassarat
Rice, Fried with Nuts
Ingredient:
- 2 cups rice
- 2 onions, chopped very fine
- 3 cups broth
- 1/2 cup boiled gizzards
- 1/2 cup livers
- 1 tablespoon almond slivers
- 1 tablespoon raisins
- 1 tablespoon pine nuts
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- cooking oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions:
Fry onions until rich brown. Drain, mash with the back of a spoon
until completely disintegrated, then add to broth with one teaspoon of
cinnamon and seasoning.
Fry the rice in the same oil as the onions, stirring constantly
until all grains are well coated with oil, then add broth and cook
until tender.
Soak liver in salted water for 1 hour, drain, pat dry and fry for 5
- 7 minutes. Lightly fry the pine nuts and almond slivers, then
remove and set aside. Fry the raisins until they puff and add
them to the pine nuts, nutmeg, sugar, remaining cinnamon, liver and
gizzards. Toss well to mix.
Place nut mixture in a cake mold, cover the cooked rice, then turn
over onto serving dish.