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Chicken Kabsah, the love of my [foodie] life.

This is one dish I crave and yearn and dream about all the time. I finally decided to share it with you all ♥️

🛒 Ingredients
1 whole chicken, skin on, cut in half like I did or cut into 4–6 pieces
2 cups long-grain basmati rice (soaked 30 minutes, drained)
4 cups water
2 medium onions, finely sliced
2 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 medium carrots, grated (optional)
1 green chili (optional), slit (I chopped it)
3 tbsp vegetable oil or ghee (I mixed them)
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 small dried black lime (loomi), poke a hole (or use 1 tsp dried lime powder)
1 chicken bouillon cube
Salt, to taste
Orange zest

Garnish: Sliced Almonds, Coriander

Kabsa Spices Mix: (or you can get the mix ready made at any Middle Eastern store)
1 tsp ground cardamom
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp paprika
1 ½ tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground allspice
½ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground ginger

🍽️ Method,

- Sauté onion, garlic, tomato paste.
- Add the spices, saute some more.
- Add chicken, and stir till the chicken is coated with the spices.
- Add water and bullion cube.
- Let it cook on medium low heat with the lid covered for about 25 mins (or until the chicken is cooked).
- Remove chicken and put on baking tray and baste with a mixture of the Kabsa broth and tomato paste.
- Bake for 10mins so the skin crisps/chars.
- In the meantime, add the soaked rice to the Kabsa broth.

Tip: Ensure when you dip your finger (not all the way), the gap between the rice in the pot and the top level of broth is no more than an inch apart (top part of your finger). If it is more than that, remove the extra broth and keep aside, otherwise rice will become soggy.

- Cover with cloth and lid and cook the rice on low medium heat for 20mins (or until rice is fluffy).

- Serve on a Kabsa platter and top with roasted almonds and Coriander for garnish. Kabsa is incomplete without the Kabsa tomato sauce (recipe is posted in a separate video).

Enjoy!! 🤍

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