MAKING THE BEST SYRIAN FOOD IN SYRIA! OUZI (MEAT AND RICE DISH)

2025-07-30 · YouTube · Foodie Beauty · 15 min

Chantal (Foodie Beauty) demonstrates how to make Syrian ouzi (meat-and-rice dish) using 1 kg ground lamb, basmati rice cooked in lamb broth seasoned with curry, coriander, cinnamon and maggi cubes, and a mixture of peas, ghee, fried raisins and cashews. She and friends (Noor/Nora, filmed by Salah) prepare a cucumber-yogurt sauce (tzatziki-like), assemble the large shared platter, garnish with vegetables, and taste the finished dish.

Video guide

  1. 0:17 — Intro / merch and Cameo plug
  2. 0:52 — Start recipe: choosing meat
  3. 1:00 — Preparing and boiling the ground lamb
  4. 1:32 — Measuring and soaking basmati rice
  5. 2:10 — Defrosting and cooking peas
  6. 3:19 — Preparing cucumbers for yogurt sauce
  7. 4:52 — Separating lamb broth and seasoning for rice
  8. 6:19 — Combining rice with seasoned broth
  9. 7:41 — Spicing and adding ghee to meat and peas
  10. 8:35 — Making garlic-yogurt sauce (tzatziki-like)
  11. 9:51 — Frying raisins and cashews for garnish
  12. 13:19 — Plating, garnishing and serving on a shared platter
  13. 15:27 — Final tasting and outro

People, places, food, and other named details

  • Person — Noor: Friend who helps with filming and food prep (dicing cucumbers, peeling garlic, directing garnish placement).
  • Person — Salah: Person filming from a tall vantage point; referenced as filming Chantal.
  • Food — ouzi: Syrian meat-and-rice dish (rice cooked in lamb broth, topped with spiced ground lamb, peas, fried raisins and cashews).
  • Food — ground lamb: 1 kg ground lamb used as the main meat for the ouzi.
  • Food — basmati rice: Rice soaked and cooked in the lamb broth (general rice-to-water rule mentioned).
  • Food — peas: Frozen peas defrosted, rinsed, cooked and mixed with the meat.
  • Food — cucumber-yogurt sauce: Cucumber and yogurt sauce with garlic, salt and dry mint served alongside the ouzi.
  • Food — ghee: Three tablespoons added to the meat and peas mixture.
  • Food — raisins: Golden raisins fried until they float and sprinkled over the dish.
  • Food — cashews: Fried cashews used as garnish; described as very hot when fried.
  • Food — garlic: Pounded into a paste and mixed into the cucumber-yogurt sauce.
  • Food — maggi cubes: Four maggi (chicken bouillon) cubes added to the separated lamb broth for flavoring the rice.
  • Food — spice mix (curry, ginger, coriander, cinnamon, capsicum): Various spices used in the broth and meat: curry (used generously), ginger, ground coriander, cinnamon, and a capsicum spice mix.
  • Food — limes / sliced vegetables: Sliced green pepper, lime, cucumber and tomato used as garnishes.

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