Rice with chickpeas (Edre)

Name: Rice with chickpeas (Edre)
Total time: 4500 s
Yield: 7 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 800 gr long rice; 1 chicken (1kgm lamb meat can be used instead); 1 cup poached chickpeas; 3 onions; 6 cloves garlic; ghee & olive oil; Spices (curry, cumin, black pepper, mixed spices, salt)

Majdal Issa @Majdoleen_Issa

Another Arab meal made of a very delicious mixture of rice and chickpeas (Hummus). We call it Edre or Qedra, and it's a well known folkloric dish in Palestine 🇵🇸. İt's a good choice on lunch, and İ highly recommend using lamb meat instead of chicken.

Majdal Issa @Majdoleen_Issa

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Ingredients

1hr 15min

7 servings

800 grlong rice
1chicken (1kgm lamb meat can be used instead)
1 cuppoached chickpeas
3onions
6 clovesgarlic
ghee & olive oil
Spices (curry, cumin, black pepper, mixed spices, salt)

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Steps

1hr 15min

1

Sear the meat or chicken with olive oil and onion for about 7 minutes. Don't forget to add salt and spices
2

After that, add 2.5 litres of boiled water till it starts boiling, then turn the heat down and wait for 30 minutes
3

Meanwhile, cut two medium-sized onions and 6 cloves of garlic, and wash 800g of long rice then wash it and soak it in water.
4

When the meat/ chicken is ready, get it out of the broth, and drain the rice.
5

Sear the chopped onion, garlic and the chickpeas with 2 tsp of ghee, and a little bit of olive oil, til the onion shimmers. Don't forget the spices.
6

Add the rice and stir for about 3 minutes. You'll need 1tsp of salt, curry, cumin, and any favoured spices. ((İf you choose to cook it with meat, add the meat to the mixture, if chicken, don't))
7

Add a litre of chicken or meat broth and let the mixture boil on low heat til the broth completely absorbed.
8

You can fry the chicken or grill it.
Decorate with fried almond if you like
9

Bon appetit ❤️🦋