Mandi rice (chicken mandi)

Name: Mandi rice (chicken mandi)
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: Cinnamon 2 small sticks; 3 cloves; 2 ginger dried; 1 tsp Coriander seeds; 1 tbs Cumin; 1 Turmeric; Lemon zest; 2 Green cardamom sticks; Whole chicken; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 teaspoon Turmeric; 1 teaspoon Curry; 1 table spoon Lemon juice; 4 tablespoon vegetable oil; Mandi spice 2 table spoons; 2 seasoning cubes; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tsp black pepper powder; 2 cups long grain basmati rice; 1/2 cups brown onions; 4 cups water; 2 table spoons mandi spice; 6 seasoning cubes; to taste Salt; 1 tsp curry; 3 cloves; 1/2 cup oil

Ayyush_hadejia @cook_14256791

Jigawa State Nigeria

Mandi rice is a traditional Yemeni dish, its very popular among all arab countries.
The mandi masala is a spice mixture made by dry roasting whole spices which give the main flavour to this dish, traditional mandi is cooked in a tandoor but this is my version to make mandi at home. #team6lunch

Ayyush_hadejia @cook_14256791

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Ingredients

2 servings

Mandi spice
Cinnamon 2 small sticks
3cloves
2ginger dried
1 tspCoriander seeds
1 tbsCumin
1Turmeric
Lemon zest
2Green cardamom sticks
Marination
Whole chicken
1/2 tspSalt
1 teaspoonTurmeric
1 teaspoonCurry
1 table spoonLemon juice
4 tablespoonvegetable oil
Mandi spice 2 table spoons
2seasoning cubes
1 tspgarlic paste
1 tspblack pepper powder
Mandi rice
2 cupslong grain basmati rice
1/2 cupsbrown onions
4 cupswater
2table spoons mandi spice
6seasoning cubes
to tasteSalt
1 tspcurry
3cloves
1/2 cupoil

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Steps

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Here is my ingredients for this recipe
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This is how to make my mandi spice, heating up the pan add coriander seeds, cloves, green cardamom sticks, cinnamon sticks and lemon zest, roast them off the heat and let it cool down, then grind them to a fine powder.
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Add mandi spice garlic paste, salt, curry black pepper, turmeric, vegetable oil, lemon juice and seasoning cubes
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Add oil and lemon juice to the spice and mix them well
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Remove all chicken skin and cut it into 2 parts
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Marinate the chicken
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Cover and keep in the fridge for 2 hours.
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Heat up vegetable oil in the pan/pot
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Add onions and salt
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Fry it till onion turns in to golden brown.
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Add cloves and mix together
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Remove some brown onions to use it for garnishing
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Add 2 cups of water, then add salt and seasoning,
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Stir it properly
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Then add in mandi spice, curry and tomato paste mix and cook on high flame
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Add the rice (washed and soaked for 1 hour) into the stock
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Then mix well
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Place the rack on top of your pot, then bring the marinated chicken and place it on the rack, transfer the entire things into the oven.
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Cook it at 180 degree Celsius for 30minutes
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After 30 minutes remove it from oven, then sprinkle some brown onions and mix the rice
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Your chicken mandi is ready to serve👍👌
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