Chicken Majboos

Name: Chicken Majboos
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 cups rice; 1 whole chicken cut into 4 pieces; 3 medium size onions sliced; 3 small tomatoes pureed; 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1/2 tsp haldi powder; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 cube (Maggi chicken stock cube); 4-5 tbsp oil; as per taste Salt; As required Whole garam masala; 2 bay leaves; 2 inch cinamon stick; 5 green cardamoms; 5 cloves; 1 staranise; 2 black dried limes; For chicken marination; as per taste Salt; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 3-4 tbsp oil for shallow frying the chicken

Zahra Shaikh @cook_9781601

India

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Chicken Majboos Recipe is an Arabic spiced rice and chicken dish, which is commonly served with a local tomato garlic sauce called Dakkous. It is considered a national dish in Arabian Gulf State in the Middle East. The taste is simply superb and delicious.

Zahra Shaikh @cook_9781601

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Ingredients

3 cupsrice
1whole chicken cut into 4 pieces
3medium size onions sliced
3small tomatoes pureed
1 tbspginger garlic paste
1/2 tsphaldi powder
1 tspred chilli powder
1/2 cube (Maggi chicken stock cube)
4-5 tbspoil
as per tasteSalt
As requiredWhole garam masala
2bay leaves
2 inchcinamon stick
5green cardamoms
5cloves
1staranise
2black dried limes
For chicken marination
as per tasteSalt
1 tbsplemon juice
3-4 tbspoil for shallow frying the chicken

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Steps

1

Wash and soak the rice and keep it aside. Wash the chicken pieces and pat dry then add salt and lemon juice mix it well. Keep it aside for 15 mins.
2

Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan or Kadai, add oil add the sliced onions saute it for a few mins then add the whole spices fry till the onions are golden brown in color, add ginger garlic paste fry for few mins add tomato puree stir fry then add Maggi cube, haldi powder, red chili powder fry till oil leaves the sides.
3

Now add the marinated chicken, stir well then add the dried lime, salt saute for few mins then add 6 cups of water when it starts boiling cover and cook till the chicken is tender. Then remove the chicken pieces and add the rice mix it adjusts salt. Cover and cook till rice is done.
4

Heat oil in a pan fries the chicken pieces on medium flame till golden in color on both sides. Place the fried chicken pieces on the rice. Garnish with chopped coriander and mint leaves. Serve with Dakkous (spicy tomato garlic sauce).