Carrot and Pea Maqluba with Meat

Ingredients

• 1 kg meat, cut up, with or without bone
• 3 cups basmati rice, soaked
• 1 1/2 packets frozen carrots and peas, boiled
• 2 large onions, sliced
• 1/4 cup olive oil with 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tbsp salt
• 2 stock cubes
• Whole spices (3 cardamom pods, 2 cloves, 2 cinnamon sticks, bay leaf, 1 onion, 2 garlic cloves)
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• Fried almonds, for garnish

Method

1. Brown the meat with the whole spices, onion and garlic, add hot water and cook in a pressure cooker for an hour.
2. Fry the sliced onions with the cinnamon, then add the peas and carrots.
3. Arrange the meat pieces and top with the onion, carrot and pea mixture.
4. Add the rice, the meat stock, stock cubes, black pepper and turmeric, then lower the heat until cooked. Flip and garnish with almonds.