Lindsay Lohan speaks of her love for cooking machboos and her life in Dubai

The actress is the cover star of the November issue of 'Cosmopolitan'

Dubai resident Lindsay Lohan, has spoken of her love of Arabic food. Instagram / Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan has offered up some insight into her life in Dubai, from cooking Middle Eastern food to her 9.30pm bedtime.

The actress is the November cover star of Cosmopolitan in the US, and in the shoots accompanying interview, she revealed what a random evening at home in the UAE looks like for her.

“I cook a lot,” she said. “I do a lot of an Arabic dish called machboos. It’s chicken with rice and vegetables … I also go to bed really early – 9.30pm.”

Lohan is married to Kuwaiti financier Bader Shammas, and has often spoken of her love for Middle Eastern food.

In an episode of her podcast, The Lohdown with Lindsay Lohan, earlier this year, she said the Middle Eastern dishes cooked for her by her fiance’s family are her “happy place foods”.

“I feel like my fiance, his family’s food, when his mother makes certain foods, those are my happy place foods,” she said. “They are just so authentic and comforting and exciting.”

Lohan moved to Dubai in 2014 after first visiting in 2008 for the opening of Atlantis, The Palm.

“It took me moving there [to Dubai] to really appreciate the time that I take for myself, instead of just going, going, going and learning to say 'no.' And really putting myself first, and choosing the things that I want to do, wisely, for me first,” she said.

She is about to star in new Netflix film Falling for Christmas, which will be released on November 10.

Lohan also acted as executive producer on the title, as part of a three-film deal with the platform.

Lindsay Lohan as Sierra, Chord Overstreet as Jake, Olivia Perez as Avy in 'Falling for Christmas'. Photo: Netflix

Speaking to Cosmo about the film, she said: “It was really comforting to me, when I got the script, to see a movie that was a rom-com because it’s always fun to work on something lighthearted and family-oriented that makes people happy and provides a bit of an escape.

"And I was excited to kind of come back, to do something with Netflix, who is a big family in a way. It was the right fit for me, especially to be able to executive produce it.”

Lindsay Lohan's style evolution, from shy tween to sequinned Dubai star — in pictures

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a white shirt and sheer black corset, attends the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. FilmMagic

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a black dress with sheer lace detail, attends the 2004 Vanity Fair Oscar party on February 29, 2004. FilmMagic

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a white sequinned dress, arrives at the 2005 American Music Awards press room at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on November 22, 2005. EPA

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a black dress with silver detailing, walks the red carpet at the 2005 American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on November 22, 2005. EPA

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a Marc Jacobs slip dress, attends the premiere of 'A Prairie Home Companion' at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival on February 12, 2006 in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a green pleated dress, attends the 'Bobby' photocall during the 63rd Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2006. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a Grecian white gown, attends the premiere of the film 'Bobby' at the 63rd Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2006 in Italy. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in layers with a brown leather jacket, is seen at the opening of the Charlotte Ronson flagship store in Tokyo, Japan on April 13, 2007. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in green Dolce & Gabbana, attends the label's event at Baoli, Port Canto during the 61st International Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2008 in Cannes, France. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in pink sheer Charlotte Ronson, attends the designer's spring/summer 2009 fashion show at the National Stadium, Tokyo on October 22, 2008. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a black Temperley London dress with bow detailing, attends the grand opening of Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai on November 20, 2008. Stephen Lock / The National

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a floral cream mini, arrives at the launch of Sevin Nyne By Lindsay Lohan at Sephora, Santa Monica on April 30, 2009. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a sequinned vest top, shorts and fedora, attends the F1 Rocks Singapore concert on September 26, 2009. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a sequinned scarf and black catsuit, attends the 90 years of Vogue covers party in Paris, France on October 1, 2009. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in an off-the-shoulder floral Emanuel Ungaro dress, arrives for the grand opening night of the Kerzner Mazagan Beach Resort, Morocco, on October 31, 2009. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in sequinned Cavalli, attends the Vogue.it Milan Fashion party on February 26, 2010 in Italy. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a white sequin detail mini with Bebe platform heels, attends the Chopard 150th Anniversary Party at Palm Beach, Pointe Croisette during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2010. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a metallic Pamella Roland jumpsuit, attends the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, California on June 26, 2010. EPA

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a black and silver gown, attends amfAR Milano on September 23, 2011 in Milan, Italy. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in silver Philipp Plein, attends the Philipp Plein Urban Jungle spring/summer 2012 fashion show during Milan Fashion Week on September 24, 2011. Getty Images

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a metallic Theia dress, attends the amfAR New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on February 6, 2013. EPA

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  Lindsay Lohan, in a metallic green mini dress, attends Gabrielle's Gala in London on May 7, 2014. Getty Images

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