Chicken Mandi

Chicken Mandi
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Chicken Mandi is an aromatic Yemeni dish that is popular throughout the Middle East. Big pieces of chicken are cooked in dry roasted whole spices and served over a layer of fragrant basmati rice. The chicken is first boiled with cloves, cinnamon and cardamom until it's perfectly tender and the spiced stock is then used to cook the rice for a full bodied and rich flavor.Recipe courtesy of Syeda Kubra
Prep Time
30
minutes
Cook Time
45
minutes
Servings
6
servings
Chicken Mandi
Total time: 1.23 hours
Ingredients
  • 3 cup basmati rice
  • 3 cup water
  • 2 pound chicken, cleaned and cut
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 5 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste (or grated ginger and garlic)
  • 2 large tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 large carrot, chopped
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 cloves
  • 2 cardamom pods
  • 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • handful of raisins
  • 2 tablespoon butter
Directions
  1. Soak rice in water for 30 minutes.
  2. Heat oil in pot, add whole spices (cinnamon, cloves, cardamom).
  3. Add chopped onion and fry until transparent (do not brown the onions).
  4. Add ginger garlic paste and stir.
  5. Next add chicken pieces, sprinkle spices over chicken (cumin, coriander, turmeric and black pepper).
  6. Fry chicken until it’s light golden, then add tomatoes and salt to taste.
  7. Cook for a few minutes.
  8. Add water and bring to a boil.
  9. Reduce to low, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
  10. After 15 minutes, take the chicken out of the broth and grill in a separate pan with butter for a nice golden color on top.
  11. Keep aside.
  12. If the broth looks like it could use more water, simply add some more.
  13. Next add carrot cubes to the broth and bring to a boil.
  14. Add soaked rice.
  15. Cook rice until tender.
  16. Put chicken back and cover; cook on very low heat for about 10 minutes.
  17. Toast raisins in melted butter and sprinkle over the finished dish before serving.
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