Rice with Goat Meat

Delicious Somali rice with goat meat

     

    Ingredients

2 pounds of goat meat

1 onion

5 garlic

3 cinnamon sticks

8 cloves

8 cardamom 

1/2 cup vegetable oil

3 tsp cumin powder

3 tomatoes

6 cups basmati rice

12 cups water ( boiling )

                      Directions

First, wash the rice until the water runs clear. This may take 3 or 4 times of washing and draining after washing well, cover the rice with sufficient water and let it soak for 2 hours. In the mean time, wash the goat meat. 

Second, on medium heat, saute the onions in the oil. Third, add the garlic, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, cloves, cumin, tomatoes and goat meat. Then cover and cook on medium heat for 15 minutes.

Next, add 12 cups of boiling water to the pot. The proportion is 2 cups of water for each cup of rice. Cover and cook for 1 1/2 hours until the meat becomes fork tender. Finally, drain the rice and add to the pot. Stir well. Then cover and cook on low heat for 10 minutes to finish cooking the rice.

After 10 minutes your rice is ready.

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