Cream Rice

Roz Muammar

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Egypt: Recipes and stories from an ancient land

By Suzanne Zeidy and Rawah Badrawi

Published 2026

  • About

Egyptians of the Nile Delta deserve admiration and recognition for creating a rice dish of dazzling decadence: roz muammar. In Kafr El Sheikh, where rice is a star crop and dairy is pure goodness, roz muammar is the ultimate expression of blending two of the countryside’s finest products into one specialty dish. Rice is cooked slowly in milk, cream and butter until the trifecta of dairy melts into a rich blend and the top of the dish bubbles up and browns. Tra