Chicken Kabsah

Name: Chicken Kabsah
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4-5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken; 1/2 cup chopped onion; 1/2 cup clarified butter/ ghee; 2 tbsp ginger paste; 2 tbsp garlic paste; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 4 tbsp arabian masala; to taste Salt; 2 tsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp Cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp cloves; 1/2 tsp whole black pepper; 1/2 nutmeg; 2 black cardamom; 1 small cardamom; 1/2 tsp paprika powder; 3 cup pulao rice/ basmati rice(soaked in water for 25mins); 1/2 cup fried onion; 1 bay leaf; 2 tbsp arabian masala; 1/2 cup chopped tomato; 1/2 cup ghee; 1/2 cup chopped almonds; 1/2 cup raisins; to taste Salt

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Ingredients

1 hour

4-5 servings

For chicken marination
1whole chicken
1/2 cupchopped onion
1/2 cupclarified butter/ ghee
2 tbspginger paste
2 tbspgarlic paste
1 tspred chilli powder
4 tbsparabian masala
to tasteSalt
For arabian masala
2 tspcoriander seeds
1 tspCumin seeds
1/2 tspcloves
1/2 tspwhole black pepper
1/2nutmeg
2black cardamom
1small cardamom
1/2 tsppaprika powder
For the rice
3 cuppulao rice/ basmati rice(soaked in water for 25mins)
1/2 cupfried onion
1bay leaf
2 tbsparabian masala
1/2 cupchopped tomato
1/2 cupghee
1/2 cupchopped almonds
1/2 cupraisins
to tasteSalt

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Steps

1 hour

1

For the masala, dry roast all the ingredients mentioned in the masala section(except paprika). Then grind all the roasted spices along with paprika powder & arabian masala is ready
2

Clean the chicken, then marinate it with the spices mentioned in marination section, make splits in the chicken so that the chicken mix well with the spices. Keep it aside for half an hour.
3

In a pan, heat ghee, then add the marinated chicken in it, cover and roast it for about 15 minutes in medium flame. No need to add extra water as the chicken will be boiled with the water that comes out from it. When the ghee gets separated from the chicken, keep the chicken aside.
4

On the same pan, add chopped onion, bay leaf, saute for a while & add the arabian masala, stir & add the soaked rice. To it, then add 5 cup warm water, salt, chopped tomato & cover & cook in medium flame.
5

When the rice is 80% done, add the chicken, fried onion,nuts, raisins & again cover & cook for 15 more minutes till the rice is fully done. And your Chicken Kabsah is ready to serve! Serve it hot with salad, boiled eggs, dates chutney!