Quzi

Quzi, also written quozi, is an Iraqi feast dish of lamb and rice. Philip Juma describes whole lambs stuffed with nuts, currants, vegetables, spices and minced lamb, served over rice, and recalls seeing them at Iraqi weddings. His published adaptation roasts half a lamb and serves it over seasoned rice rather than stuffing it.^[1]

The lamb roasts over onion, carrot, garlic, orange, thyme, bay, cinnamon and cardamom. Reserved roasting juices help cook basmati rice, which is seasoned with spices and pomegranate molasses. Toasted pine nuts, cashews, almonds and sultanas are mixed into the rice, with some reserved for the garnish. The rice is spread over a large tray and the roasted lamb placed on top.^[1]