A quick and easy to make Arabic style chicken mandi prepared with special mandi spice..
Easy Chicken Mandi
A quick and easy to make Arabic style chicken mandi prepared with special mandi spice..
Servings 6 serving
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken with bone
Mandi spice mix
- 2 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp clove
- 1 tbsp cardomom
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 1 Dried lemon
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Other ingredients
- 600 gm basmati rice
- 2 onion sliced
- handful of Raisins
- 1 cup oil
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 1 dried lemon
- 1 piece charcoal
Instructions
- Prepare the Mandi spice mix by grinding together coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cloves, cardomom, cinnamon stick, Dried lemon (Remove seeds And add ) to a fine powder.
- To the chicken add the 3 tbsp mandi mix ,turmeric powder, salt,2 tbsp oil and marinate for 1 hr.
- In a pan add oil and fry the onions till golden brown and keep aside.
- To the same pan add more oil and shallow fry the chicken then add in the 3 tbsp fried onion , chicken cube grated, salt if required, water and cook till chicken is done.
- Remove the chicken piece and keep aside.. To the chicken stock formed add in the required water , mandi powder, remaining fried onion , dried lemon .
- Add in the soaked and drained rice and cook the rice until done..
- To the melted butter add the 1 tbsp of mandi mix well and add to the chicken piece and grill@ 180 c for 10 minute until top is grilled
- when the rice is cooked well layer the grilled chicken on the top of rice, Burn the coal and add to a small bowl and add tsp of oil and close the lid and keep for 10 minutes.
Recipe Notes
This recipe has been featured in Twinkl, as part of their Top Ramadan Recipes from around the World Campaign.”