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On 6 Oct 2003 06:04:25 -0700, (Dominic
Humphries) wrote:

>about twenty years ago, my family lived in Saudi Arabia (I was five at
>the time). And my favourite "take away" meal while we were there was
>rotisserie chicken with rice.
>
>Now, I can get a chicken without too much trouble ) But I've never
>encountered the rice since.
>
>It was fairly orange in colour - I believe this was largely due to the
>addition of tomato puree. And it had little burnt black lumps which I
>was assured were cloves. That's all I know about it, other than that
>it was the nicest rice dish I've ever encountered.


Take a look at:

http://www.foodspk.com/recipetype.php?new_topic=52

Be warned that *nothing* of memory ever matches up to a contemporary
version. Oh, the chocolate cream pie in my jr. high school cafeteria!