Rice with Noodles
RIZ BI SH'ARIEH
- 2 cups rice
- 1/2 cup fine noodles
- 3/4 cup samneh (or other shortening)
- 1 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 1/2 cups water
Soak local rice in hot water for half an hour. Wash and drain. Heat
samneh until it smokes and fry noodles in this hot fat for two
minutes. Watch carefully so that they do not burn. Add rice and salt.
Stir to coat rice evenly with fat. Add water. Boil on high flame
until water is nearly all absorbed. Lower the flame, place a wire rack
between the flame and the pan and leave it covered until rice is dry
and fluffy. Stir very gently when ready to serve. Accompany with a
dish of laban.
(From Food from the Arab World Marie
Karam Khayat and Margaret Clark Keatinge, Khayat's, Beirut 1959)
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