Ouzi Parcels

Ingredients

• 2 cups Egyptian rice
• 1 packet peas
• 500 g beef, cut into small cubes
• Fried almonds
• Salt
• Black pepper
• 1 tsp cloves and nutmeg, bay leaf, 2 cardamom pods, 1 cinnamon stick
• Vegetable oil
• Al Hana pastry sheets or puff pastry
• 2 tbsp cinnamon
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• Melted butter

Method

1. Boil the meat in a pressure cooker and skim the foam, then add the cardamom, bay leaf, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, onion and garlic and cook until tender.
2. Cook the rice in the meat stock, 1 cup stock per cup of rice, with a little oil.
3. Boil the peas until cooked.
4. Spread the rice on a plate with the peas, meat, fried almonds and 2 tbsp cinnamon, mix well and let it cool completely.
5. Butter a small bowl, line it with a pastry sheet, fill with the rice, close it and place on a buttered tray. (If using puff pastry, roll it out first, then fill.)
6. Bake from below for 15 minutes, then from above until golden. Garnish with fried almonds and serve with salad and yogurt.