Chicken Machboos (Saudi Arabian Kabsa) - Hungry Paprikas

 

Learn How To Make Chicken Majboos Recipe At Home, from The Bombay Chef - Varun Inamdar only on Get Curried. Make this Arabian Style Recipe of Chicken And Rice Pilaf in a simple, quick and easy method, at your home and share your experience with us in the comments below. Ingredients:- 4 tbsp. Vegetable oil 2 tbsp. Ghee 200 gms. Red onions sliced 1 small Chicken with bones cut into half 400 gms. Long grain rice For the spice mix:- 1 tbsp. Salt 2 pcs. fresh Orange zest ½ tbsp. Cardamom seeds 1 dried black lime/whole yellow lemon ½ tsp. Cinnamon powder ¼ tsp. Clove, crushed 2 cups Tomato puree For Garnish:- ½ Orange, sliced ⅓ cup Almonds, fried ⅓ cup Raisins, fried Mint leaves Method:- - In a pan, heat oil and ghee. Add and roast almonds for a minute. Transfer to a bowl. - In the same oil and ghee mixture, fry the raisins until they puff up like balloons. Transfer to a bowl. - Again, in the same oil and ghee mixture, fry onions on a high flame for a minute. - Once the onions start turning golden brown add the chicken and sear it. - Then add tomato puree, green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon powder, orange zest , whole lemon, salt, water and cook covered with a lid for a minimum of 15 minutes. - Heat ghee in another pan and transfer the cooked chicken to it and pan sear on a high flame until charred. - Now add rice to the gravy and cook on a high flame for 10 mintues. Once the water on top is dried up, lower the flame and cook covered with a lid for 15 minutes. - Assemble and garnish as shown in the video and serve. Delicious Chicken Majboos is ready to eat.