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Bahrain’s most beloved national dish — fragrant long-grain rice slow-cooked with meat or fish in a broth deeply flavoured with dried limes (loomi), cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, coriander, and rose water, then finished with caramelised onions and fried nuts. Machboos can be made with hammour (Gulf grouper), chicken, lamb, or shrimp. The combination of sweet spices, sour dried lime, and the perfumed rice creates an aroma and flavour unlike any other rice dish in the world. Found at every Bahraini home table and local restaurant.