2 Reviews of Traditional Bahraini Muhammar - Sweet Rice Dish

From: UmmBinat

On May 20, 2009

Edit: I just relized you dont add salt but I do add about 1 1/2 tsps sea salt when boiling the rice, but I find salts differ greatly so add to taste. We love this without cinnamon and cloves as I dont find the cinnamon adds anything to the dish and I didnt like the taste of cloves and I used 3 cloves to 1 1/2 cups rice. I Usually use part honey or all honey rather than just sugar. This is absolutely delicious with my modifications served with Kuwaiti Curried Chicken (Quwarmah Ala Dajaj)

From: tara portee

On Sep 21, 2009

I cut the sugar in half because I was pretty sure that the 1/2 cup of sugar would have been too sweet for me. I didn't have any cardamom pods, so I used cardamom seeds that I crushed with a mortar and pestle. I took the advice of the poster and only used two cloves. I really enjoyed this. It was subtle, lightly perfumed and different than your typical rice side dish. I used Rose Water Homemade - Substitute for the rose water. Thanks for this, it was a lovely change of pace.