How to make homestyle chicken mandi | Arabic cuisine
A homestyle chicken mandi recipe that does not require baking or any tradiional method of cooking.
Ingredients
- Basmati rice-2 cups
- Chicken-500 gm
Mandi Spice Mix
- Cumin seeds-2 tbsp
- Cardamom -6
- Cinnamon sticks-3 pieces
- Cloves-8
- Black peppercorns-1 tbsp
- Bay leaves-3
- Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp to 1 tsp
Chicken Marinade
- Lemon juice-2 tbp
- Mandi spice mix-2 tbsp
- Salt
- Olive oil-1 tbsp
- Oil to cook chicken
Mandi Rice
- Cinnamon-1" stick
- Green cardamom-4
- Cloves-5
- Bay leaves-4
- Onion-1
- Dry lemon-1(big)
- Big green chilli (non spicy)-1 to 2 or capsicum-1/2
- Mandi spice mix-3 1/2 tbsp
- Water-3 cups
- Oil
- Salt as required
Instructions
Mandi spice mix
- Dry roast the cumin and coriander seeds one by one.
- Keep aside until they cool down.
- Add the ingredients required for spice mix in a blender.
- Add the roasted cumin and coriander and grind into a smooth powder.
- Add turmeric powder and mix well.
- Keep aside until it is required.
Chicken Marination & Preparation
- Add lemon juice in a bowl.
- Add salt.
- Add olive oil
- Add the spice mix.
- Add the cleaned and pat dried chicken in a bowl. Mix well until everything blends together.
- Spread the masala to cover all the sides and parts of the chicken.
- Keep aside the chicken for 15 minutes.
- Add the marinated chicken in a pan/kadai.
- Add the required water that is needed to cook the rice.
- Cook the chicken until it is soft.
- Transfer the cooked chicken and keep aside the stock to cook the rice.
- Add oil in a tava/ kadai.
- Add the cooked chicken and fry until the sides turn into golden colour.
Mandi Rice
- Add oil in a pan.
- Add bay leaves.
- Add cinnamon, cardamom and cloves one by one and fry.
- Add the onion and fry.
- Add the washed rice and fry for a few minutes. The frying will result in fluffy rice.
- Add the chilli and fry.
- Now add the chicken stock.
- Mix well and add water if required.
- Add salt.
- Add the dry lemon.
- Mix well and cook covered.
- Place the fried chicken on top of the cooked mandi rice.
- Sprinkle the fried onion on top of the mandi and serve.