Ouzi is a middle eastern community dish commonly partaken in countries like Morocco, Lebanon and other parts of middle east. Its the signature dish during important functions like weddings where families will be gathered around a large platter and eat together from the same platter.
Ouzi to me looks very similar to Mughal style biriyani,. The lamb meat is served on bedded spiced nuts filled rice. The lamb ouzi is the original and the meat comprises of 1/4, 1/2 or 1 whole marinated lamb that is cooked slowly for about 5 hours till all the spices soak in. The meat was so succulent that it could easily be separated from the bones. There were less raisins in the rice which is good so the dish don’t turn sweet.
Mashawi who have just introduced this dish in Chennai is part of Chef Al Khaleej that is a long standing establishment in Dubai. They have begun catering service out of Vepery and deliver all over Chennai. The minimum order for lamb is 1/4 lamb which is 2499 inr that can serve 6 to 7 people and the offering goes on upto full lamb ouzi that can serve 24 to 28 people. They also serve a chicken variant of the ouzi where the minimum order is 3 chickens with 1 whole chicken priced at 399 inr.
Chicken Ouzi
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