Chicken Kabsa the original way

Chicken Kabsa the original way

 

Ingredients:

- Chicken cut into 4 pieces

- 3 cups of washed and soaked basmati rice in boiling water

- Half a cup of raisins

- 2 onions, chopped

- 2 tablespoons of tomato paste

- 2 crushed tomatoes

- 1 tablespoon of oil

- 1 tablespoon of ghee

- 1 teaspoon of Kabsa spices

- One dried black lemon

- Half a tablespoon of ground coriander

- A pinch of cumin

- A teaspoon of turmeric

- 4 cardamom pods

- A pinch of ground cloves

- 2 bay leaves

- 2 cinnamon sticks

- Salt and black pepper to taste

Method:

▪ In a pot on the stove, melt the ghee, then add the onions and stir until wilted.

▪ Add the chicken and sauté with the onions until golden.

▪Add tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, various spices, with half a spoon of turmeric, and continue stirring for a few minutes.

▪Add salt to taste, and two cups of water to the previous mixture, and reduce the heat and leave the chicken until cooked.

▪Preheat the oven to 200°.

▪Bring a small pot and put the oil in it, then add half a spoon of turmeric, stirring for a few minutes, then turn off the heat.

▪Drain the chicken from the broth and place it in a tray, then brush it with a brush