Name: Mathloutha
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Cuisine: Saudi
Ingredients: Mathloutha is an assembly of three separately prepared rices, plated together — not a single recipe. Prepare a portion of each of the three below (halve each recipe's quantities for a shared platter).; Follow the Chicken or Lamb Kabsa method (tomato-based, dried lime, baharat); Follow the Chicken or Lamb Mandi method (saffron rice, finished with dukhan smoke); Follow the Madghout method (pressure-cooked meat and rice); Mixed roasted/grilled meats (chicken and lamb pieces); Fried almonds, pine nuts and raisins; Daqoos and sahawiq, to serve

Mathloutha platter combining kabsa, mandi and madghout rices with mixed meats — Illustrative photo · Photo: Ben Meyer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mathloutha — literally “the mixed” — is a Saudi restaurant favourite that brings together the three great rice traditions on one platter: the tomato-rich kabsa, the smoky mandi and the pressure-cooked madghout. It is the ultimate sampler, a generous dish designed for sharing that lets everyone taste the breadth of the Kingdom's rice cookery in one sitting.

Servings: 8
Prep: 40 minutes
Cook: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total: 2 hours 10 minutes
Difficulty: Advanced
Rice: Aged long-grain basmati

Ingredients

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8Servings

ConceptMathloutha is an assembly of three separately prepared rices, plated together — not a single recipe. Prepare a portion of each of the three below (halve each recipe's quantities for a shared platter).

Component 1 — Kabsa riceFollow the Chicken or Lamb Kabsa method (tomato-based, dried lime, baharat)

Component 2 — Mandi riceFollow the Chicken or Lamb Mandi method (saffron rice, finished with dukhan smoke)

Component 3 — Madghout riceFollow the Madghout method (pressure-cooked meat and rice)

To assemble & garnishMixed roasted/grilled meats (chicken and lamb pieces)Fried almonds, pine nuts and raisinsDaqoos and sahawiq, to serve

Cook it withFarah – Golden Sella BasmatiGolden Sella · Extra Long (8.3+ mm)

Method

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Step 1: Prepare a half-batch of each of the three rices (kabsa, mandi, madghout), timing them to finish close together.
Step 2: Grill or roast a mix of chicken and lamb pieces for the topping.
Step 3: On a very large platter, arrange the three rices side by side in distinct sections.
Step 4: Lay the mixed grilled meats over the top.
Step 5: Scatter generously with fried nuts and raisins.
Step 6: Serve immediately with bowls of daqoos and sahawiq.

To serve

A grand sharing platter for a crowd — serve with multiple sauces and salads.

Mathloutha

Ingredients

Method

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