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Noor Murad نور مراد
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Sweet rice, salty fish. A story. In loving memory of my two late grandfathers, Jassim Murad and Donald Mckie. الله يرحمهم One very English, one very Arab. Donald was a very fussy eater: he liked his veg boiled, his meat well done, his fish battered and all three seasoned in varying degrees of salt. Jassim, the polar opposite, was excited to have Donald over for lunch and made sure that his favourite dish was on the table: ‘Muhammar’, date molasses rice, and ‘Safi’, heavily spiced and fried local rabbitfish. The two go hand in hand, as far as he was concerned. Donald, being polite and ever so English and therefore unable to express his absolute dread, forced himself to take a bite. But then he took another, and another. In fact, he went for seconds. Suffice to say everyone was shocked, except for Jassim, who never once doubted his ability to please. Today I’ve taken liberties with the traditional dish, as you can’t get rabbitfish in London, I used big chunks of monkfish and halibut. And I served it with date pickle and cucumbers. And I’m sure that the two of them are watching over of this, slightly amused and smiling. #bahrainifood #muhammar #safi #middleeastern