Qidra Spices

Name: Qidra Spices (Ibharat Qidra)
Yield: Makes approximately 2 cups (250 grams)
Cuisine: Palestine
Ingredients: ½ tablespoon nutmeg; 2 tablespoons dried lime powder (also known as loomi; the whole limes are readily available in Middle Eastern groceries); ½ cup (50 grams) ground allspice; 2 tablespoons ground cardamom; 1 tablespoon ground red pepper; 2 tablespoons ground cloves; ½ cup (50 grams) ground black pepper; 1 cup (100 grams) turmeric (if preparing for use in qidra); 1 tablespoon cinnamon; ½ cup (50 grams) garlic powder

Ibharat Qidra

Preparation info

Makes approximately
2 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Gaza Kitchen

By Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt

Published 2021

About

This is a standard spice mix named for the rice dish in which it is most notably used. Individual cooks vary both the ingredients and their proportions, but the taste is always distinctive. With the turmeric omitted, this mix is used in a variety of other rice dishes, such as sayadiyya, maqlooba, and mjadarra and is known simply as ibharat ruz or rice spices. With turmeric, it is used exclusively for qidra.

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