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Arabic Maqlooba

Name: How to cook Arabic Maqlooba - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 portions
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Sabrina Yasmin

Arabic Maqlooba

Maqlooba is a traditional Meditation dish served in any special occasions. The dish includes meat, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot, which is then flipped upside down when served, hence the name maqlooba, which translates literally as "upside-down".

Ingredient

Food ration :

6 portions

Cooking time :

6 portions

1 Kilogram

Chicken with bones

1 Kilogram

Basmati Rice

medium sized Potatoes

medium sized Carrots

big Capsicum

medium sized Tomatoes

medium sized Eggplant

big sized Onion slices

medium sized Onions chopped

1 tablespoon

Ginger-garlic paste

1 teaspoon

Coriander seeds

1/2 teaspoon

Cumin seeds

&1/2 teaspoon Black pepper corns

1 inch

long Cinnamon sticks 2 pieces

black Cardamoms

small piece of Nutmeg(Jaifal)

small piece of Mace (Javitri)

3-4

Cloves

4 tablespoon

Olive Oil

1 tablespoon

Ghee

1 teaspoon

Soy sauce

1 teaspoon

Paprika

to taste

Salt

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Clean and cut chicken in big pieces(skin on).

* Step 2

Clean and slice all vegetables in thin round shape.

* Step 3

Heat a pan and dry roast together coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black cardamom, black pepper corns, cinnamon stick, nutmeg and mace.

* Step 4

Grind them together to make fine powder. Keep aside.

* Step 5

Heat 1&1/2 tablespoon of olive oil in a big saucepan.

* Step 6

Splatter 1 cinnamon stick, cloves and some black pepper.

* Step 7

Add 2 chopped onions and fry till light golden brown.

* Step 8

Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for a minute.

* Step 9

Add the chicken pieces and fry for 4-5 minutes.

* Step 10

Add salt and the spice powder prepared before.

* Step 11

Saute and add 1 litre of warm water.

* Step 12

When stock starts boiling, cover and cook in medium heat till chicken cooks completely.

* Step 13

In the meantime heat another non stick pan.

* Step 14

Add little olive oil and fry the sliced vegetable in batches.

* Step 15

Keep the fried vegetables in a big dish.

* Step 16

When chicken are cooked completely, remove the pieces from the stock carefully with a tong.

* Step 17

Now add the soaked rice to the chicken stock. Add hot water if necessary to cook rice.

* Step 18

Cook the rice till done.

* Step 19

Rub cooked chicken pieces with 1 teaspoon of soya sauce and 1 teaspoon of paprika.

* Step 20

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 the chicken and vegetable pieces over the rice in the saucepan.

* Step 23

Now arrange the rice kept in the bowl over the layered chicken and vegetables.

* Step 24

Add 1 tablespoon of ghee and cover the lid.

* Step 25

Cook for 10 minutes in low heat.

* Step 26

At the time of serving, uncover and stir lightly with a flat spoon.

* Step 27

For serving, transfer maqlooba in a greased round bowl and press nicely to set. Try to adjust in such a way that at the bottom of the bowl there should be a layer of veggies.