Riz Bil Bazalia (Rice and Peas)

[Please forgive the amateur photography--I promise to provide better pictures as I get the hang of this!]

This dish is super easy to make--a variation of this meal can also be made using frozen broad beans!

Ingredients:

Meat Preparation:

1 cup of minced meat

1 tbsp margarine

salt, seven spices

1/2 cup of peeled Almonds split in half

2 cups of green peas

2 cups of rice

1 Chicken Maggi Cube

Preparation:

• Fry the meat with 1 tbsp of margarine, and season with salt and spices--place aside
• Fry the almonds in about a teaspoon of margarine, until the almonds turn golden brown--place aside.
• In a separate pot, heat the peas with about a tbsp of margarine. Add about 3 cups of water, with a teaspoon of salt to the water. Heat to boiling--Remove the peas from the pot, replacing them with the 2 cups of rice. Add a chicken bouillon cube to give the rice a nice flavor :). 
• Once the rice is cooked, you want to combine the ingredients. To serve the meal nicely, layer the ingredients in the following way [this is unnecessary, but it does look great if done right! As you can tell from the photo, my attempt at this was not so successful]. Spread the almonds at the bottom of a different pot. Then spread the meat above the almonds, distributing evenly throughout the pot. Add half the peas as a third layer, and half of the rice as a fourth layer. Firmly press the rice. Your 5th layer will be peas, and your last & final layer will be the remaining rice which you also need to press firmly. Flip the pot on a serving plate, and you should end up with a beautiful layered rice& green peas cake! 

Serve with yoghurt and salad :)