Bukhari Rice with Chicken Mandi Recipe by Chef Ali Sayed

Ingredients

• Whole Chicken- 1
• Turmeric powder- 1tsp
• Salt- for taste
• Ground black pepper- pinch
• Cumin powder- ½ tsp
• Crushed garlic- 1tsp
• Oil-1/4 cup
• Celery- 1 stick
• Onion-2pcs
• Tomato-2pcs
• spring onion-3pcs
• Garlic clove-4clove
• Black pepper-1tsp
• Cinnamon stick- 2pcs
• Bay leaves-2 pcs
• Water- 1 litr

For glaze the chicken

• Ghee- 2 tsp
• Saffron color- pinch
• Crushed cardamom- ¼ tsp
• For the rice
• Rice (washed and soaked)- 2 cup
• Onions- 2 pcs
• Carrot-1 pcs
• Raisin-50gm
• Tomato paste- 1tsp
• Blanched tomato chop- 2 pcs
• Cumin seed- 1/4 tsp
• Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp
• Ghee- 1 tsp
• Vegetable oil- 2 tsp
• Cinnamon stick- 1 pcs
• Clove- 3 pcs
• Bay leaves- 2 leaves
• Cardamom- 3 pcs
• The water that came out of cooking the chicken
• Nuts for optional
• We can smoke the chicken with charcoal to taste BBQ

Method

Chicken

1. Wash the chicken with turmeric powder and keep soaked for half an hour
2. Drain the water and keep the chicken aside
3. Prepare a bed with tomato, onion, leeks, spring onion, bay leaves, black pepper, cardamom and cinnamon stick
4. Season chicken with garlic paste, crushed black pepper, white pepper powder, salt and olive oil
5. Arrange the chicken on the top of bed and add some water and cover properly with foil paper
6. Preheat the oven and kept inside the oven for 45 minutes at 185*C

Rice

7. Heat the pan in a medium high and add oil followed by carrots and raisin. Mix well until sauté, remove it to another bowl
8. In The same pan add some ghee then add bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon stick and clove then chopped onion. Sauté till it turned to golden color then add chopped tomato. Sauté well
9. Add tomato paste, cumin seeds, cumin powder. Add chicken broth and salt. Bring to boil and add the rice, bring to boil. When the water reduced, sprinkle the sautéed carrots and raisin
10. Cover it and keep 15-20 minutes in low flame.
11. After cooking let the rice rest for 10 minutes before open

Glazing the chicken

12. Mix the ghee with crushed cardamom, saffron and some chicken broth
13. Brush the chicken with the mixture and bake it till its golden brown
14. Last serve the chicken with the rice with carrots and raisin

Option: Nuts can use optional while serving