Rabiya (Fresh Fava Bean Maqluba) Recipe - Muzna Bishara | Asif

Ingredients

• For the lamb:
• 50 grams (3½ tablespoons) butter
• 1½ kg (3.3lb) lamb ossobuco (cross-cut veal shanks), about 4 pieces
• 2 large onions, halved and thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 1 leek, sliced
• 3-4 garlic cloves, peeled
• 4 fresh hyssop twigs
• ½ tablespoon black peppercorns
• 3-4 whole cardamom pods
• 2 bay leaves
• 5 Allspice pepper
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 whole clove
• 2 liters (2qt) water or lamb stock
• Salt
• For the Maqluba:
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cups fresh broad bean, without the pods (or fresh/frozen broad beans/ peas)
• 2½ cups basmati or jasmine rice
• 1 teaspoon Baharat spice mix
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 30 grams (2 tablespoons) butter
• To serve:
• 5 tablespoons pine nuts, almonds, cashews, or a mixture, toasted
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley