United Arab Emirates
Machboos
مجبوس
Machboos (majboos) is Gulf spiced rice cooked in meat or fish stock with loomi dried lime, onions, and a warm bezar-style spice mix; the protein and local garnish change by household and coast.
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Machboos Laham
مجبوس لحم
Lamb boiled with loomi, cinnamon and bezar, the meat lifted out and browned while the rice finishes in the spiced stock, then piled up with the meat on top.
Kuwait
Maidem
ميدم
White rice topped with fish that has been boiled, flaked, fried with onion and spice, and heaped back over the grains.
Kuwait
Marabyan
مربين
Rice cooked with fresh or dried Gulf shrimp, coriander, dill and loomi, a Kuwaiti coastal staple from when the town lived on the sea.
Kuwait
Mashkhool
مشخول
White rice cooked over a bed of onion rings, turmeric and black pepper laid at the bottom of the pot, so the base browns while the top steams white.
Kuwait
Mashwi Jeder
مشوي جدر
Beef or chicken layered under rice with onion and potato in a heavy pot, cooked through, then inverted onto a tray so the potato crust ends up on top.
Kuwait
Muaddas
معدس
Rice cooked down with red lentils until the grains take on their colour, topped with dried shrimp, fried onion and a little clarified butter.
Bahrain
Muhammar
محمر
Rice cooked with date syrup or sugar, saffron and cardamom until it turns dark and sweet, served alongside fried fish.
Kuwait
Mumawwash
مموش
Mumawwash (Emmawash) is mung-bean rice cooked with dill and dried shrimp, often finished with fried onions and served with fish or another coastal side.
Kuwait
Mutabbaq Samak
مطبق سمك
Zubaidi or hamour fried whole, then laid on rice that has been cooked in the fish stock with turmeric, cumin and fried onion, and turned out upside down.