Chicken Makhbous Rice

Smokey Chicken Makhbous Rice

Ingredients:

Chicken kg 1

Golden Sella Rice Kg 1

Baharat (Black Pepper, Coriander whole, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Cloves and cumin seeds) gm 10

Onion Gm 100

Garlic Gm 50 

Dalda Gm 50

Turmeric powder gm 10

Sunflower oil Mustard oil Ml 50

Capsicum ½ Gm 25

Paprika or Kashmiri Chilli powder gm 10

Sunflower oil ml 50

Cinnamon Stick no 2 

Dry lemon No 1

Tomatoes gm 100

Yogurt gm 150

Cucumber gm 75

Green Chilly

Mint leaves few leaves 

Preparation:  Cut the chicken into 8 pieces by removing the wings and neck. Marinate the chicken with paprika, salt, pepper and turmeric Prepare baharat by grinding the spices. Make stock of the chicken bones of necks and wings by roasting in oil by lightly caramelising the onion and add water Saute onion, crushed garlic, chopped Capsicum in oil. Then add the spices(Bahrat), paprika, turmeric powder, Add Chopped Tomatoes in it. Grill the chicken on the Tava and add it into the pot, Soak the rice in the water for ½ hour strain it and keep for sometime till the moisture is reduced. Then in a heavy pot add the dalda and saute the rice in it for few minutes add turmeric and bahrat stir it add required hot water about 3cm above the rice. Cook it for 15 minutes till the water almost absorbed into the rice partially. Then add the chicken over the rice and cook for another 10 minutes till the chicken and rice is tender. Serve the rice hot by placing chicken above the rice with Yogurt salad with chopped cucumber mint and salt.