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Arabic Biryani -Chicken Maqlooba
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Sabrina YasminArabic Biryani -Chicken Maqlooba
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Maqlooba is a kind of biryani popular in middle eastern countries. Maqlooba is made of rice ,chicken and vegetables. So it is a healthy version of biriyani that is made of very few spices.
Ingredient
Food ration :
6 servingsCooking time :
80 minutes
1 kg
Chicken with bones
1 kg
Basmati rice
1
Capsicum
1 tablespoon
Ginger garlic paste
1 teaspoon
Coriander seeds
1/2 teaspoon
Cumin seeds
1 & 1/2 teaspoon
black Peppercorns
1 inch
long 2 Cinnamon sticks
3-4
cloves
2 tablespoon
Olive oil+ more to fry chicken & veggies
2 tablespoon
Ghee
1 teaspoon
Soya sauce
1 teaspoon
Paprika/ Kashmiri red chilli powder
to taste
Salt
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
Cut and clean chicken in big pieces.(Skin on)
* Step 2
Clean and soak rice for an hour.
* Step 3
Clean and slice all vegetables in thin round slices.
* Step 4
Heat a pan and dry roast together coriander seeds, cumin powder, black cardamom, black pepper corns, cinnamon sticks, nutmeg and mace.
* Step 5
Grind them together in a grinder to make powder.
* Step 6
Heat 1&1/2 tablespoon of oil in a big saucepan.
* Step 7
Splatter cinnamon sticks, cloves and some black pepper corns.
* Step 8
Add 2 chopped onions and fry until light golden brown.
* Step 9
Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute.
* Step 10
Add the chicken pieces and fry for 5-6 minutes.
* Step 11
Add salt and spice powder prepared before.
* Step 12
Saute for few seconds and then add 1 litre of hot water.
* Step 13
When stock starts boiling, cover and cook in medium heat until chicken cooks completely.
* Step 14
Heat a non stick pan and little olive oil and fry the sliced vegetables in batches.
* Step 15
Keep the fried veggies in a big dish.
* Step 16
When chicken cooks completely remove from stock carefully with a tong and place in a dish.
* Step 17
Now add the soaked and drained rice to the stock. Add hot water if necessary to cook the rice.
* Step 18
Cook the rice till done in medium low heat.
* Step 19
Rub the cooked chicken pieces with soya sauce and paprika or kashmiri red chilli powder.
* Step 20
Pan fry the chicken pieces with little oil. Keep.aside.
* Step 21
When rice cooks completely, take out half of the rice in a bowl.
* Step 22
Put half of the chicken and vegetable pieces over the rice.
* Step 23
Now arrange half of the rice(which kept int he bowl) over the chicken and vegetables and add 1 tablespoon of ghee.
* Step 24
Now again make the second layer of veggies and chicken.
* Step 25
Lastly arrange the remaining rice over the chicken-veggies layer and 1 tablespoon of ghee.
* Step 26
Cover and cook in low heat for about 15 minutes.
* Step 27
At the time of serving stir carefully and lightly with a flat spoon.
* Step 28
Serve hot with a bowl of yoghurt or raita.
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Chicken with bones
basmati rice
medium sized potatoes
medium sized carrots
capsicum
medium sized tomatoes
medium sized Eggplant or Brinjal
big sized Onion thinly sliced
medium sized Onion cbopped
ginger garlic paste
coriander seeds
cumin seeds
black peppercorns
long 2 Cinnamon sticks
black cardamoms
small piece of Nutmeg (Jaifal)
small piece of Mace (Javitri)
cloves
Olive oil+ more to fry chicken & veggies
Ghee
soya sauce
Paprika/ Kashmiri red chilli powder
Salt
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