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Harees is wheat cooked with meat and beaten into a smooth, salted porridge finished with ghee. It is the dish of Ramadan and festive tables across Emirati homes.
Harees is boiled cracked wheat mixed with meat, spices and butter, with a consistency between porridge and gruel. The wheat is soaked overnight, then simmered with the meat until the two can be beaten into one mass, and it is garnished with cinnamon, sugar or clarified butter. The dish is recorded in the 10th-century cookbook of Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq and in al-Baghdadi's 13th-century cookbook. In the Gulf states it is commonly eaten in Ramadan, and Emirati homes cook it for the fasting month.
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Al Mrzab is a Michelin Bib Gourmand Emirati and Kuwaiti restaurant on Airport Road in Abu Dhabi, with majlis seating and photos of old Abu Dhabi on the walls.
OrderThe chicken machboos at about AED 61, then cooked-to-order khanfaroush drizzled with local honey.
TipIt runs on walk-ins and queues, and Michelin advises expecting a wait; seating splits between private cabins, majlis and regular tables.
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