CHICKEN MAJBOOS --- ARABIAN STYLE

        CHICKEN MAJBOOS                          ARABIAN STYLE

MAJBOOS IS AN ARABIC POPULAR DISH. IT IS ANOTHER VERSION OF BIRYANI. SOME PEOPLE ALSO CALLED MAJBOOS AS ARABIC BIRYANI. A SPICED CHICKEN AND RICE MAKES MAJBOOS TASTY AND DELICIOUS. SPECIAL SPICE POWDER IS USED TO MAKE THE RICE EXTRAORDINARY FLAVOUR AND AROMA. HERE THE  CHICKEN PIECES ARE FRIED AND BLENDED WITH RICE. RICE ARE COOKED IN SPICES AND MASALA'S BY ADDING ENOUGH WATER.

I LEARNED THIS RECIPE FROM MY NEIGHBOURS. SHE IS ONE OF THE FAN OF ARABIC DISH. SHE PREPARE THIS VERY WELL. I AM SURE THAT, YOU CAN MAKE THIS SPICY CHICKEN MAJBOOS  WELL AND CAN ENJOY THIS  ARABIC CUISINE .

HERE I CUT THE WHOLE CHICKEN INTO EIGHT PIECES. CHICKEN IS THEN MARINATED AND FRIED IN OLIVE OIL. ONION, TOMATO PURI, GINGER GARLIC GREEN CHILLY PASTE, CAPSICUM etc ARE ROASTED IN THE SAME OIL ( CHICKEN FRIED OIL) AND ONLY ONE SPICE IS USED TO FLAVOUR THIS MASALA. HOT WATER IS THEN ADDED TO BOIL THE RICE. RICE IS THEN COOKED WITH THIS MASALA AND WATER. SO IT GIVES SPECIAL FLAVOUR. IT IS SPICY AND AROMATIC. IT CAN BE SERVED WITH YOUGURT, PICKLES OR TOMATO CHUTNEY. THIS CAN BE SERVED AS EITHER LUNCH OR DINNER. NOWADAYS  THIS  DISH IS VERY POPULAR  IN ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO YOU CAN SERVE THIS  IN A PARTY TO MAKE THE GUEST ATTRACTIVE AND DELICIOUS.

HERE IS A SIMPLE AND EASY RECIPE OF CHICKEN MAJBOOS. TRY THIS ARABIC CUISINE DELICIOUSLY IN YOUR HOME AND ENJOY.

INGREDIENTS

BASMATI RICE - 2 CUP

CHICKEN - 1 BIG ( 8 - 10 PIECES)

ONION - 2 MEDIUM 

TOMATO - 2

GINGER PASTE - 1 tbsp

GARLIC PASTE - 1 tbsp

GREEN CHILLY PASTE - 1 tbsp

WATER - 3 CUP

SALT 

DRIED LEMON - 3

CORIANDER LEAVES 

OLIVE OIL 

CHICKEN MAGGY CUBE - 2 CUBE

FOR CHICKEN MARINATION

RED CHILLY POWDER - 3 tbsp

MAJBOOS  MASALA POWDER - 2 tbsp

BLACK PEPPER POWDER - 1 tbsp

TURMERIC POWDER - 1/2 tsp

SALT 

LEMON JUICE - 1 tbsp

VINEGAR - 1 tsp

GINGER PASTE - 1/2 tsp

GARLIC PASTE - 1/2 tsp

GREEN CHILLY PASTE - 1/2 tsp

PREPARATION

 Wash and soak the Basmati rice for 1 hour .

Cut the whole chicken  into 8 pieces. Wash well and drain. Take a bowl, add Red chilly powder,Majboos masala powder,pepper powder, turmeric powder,ginger garlic chilly paste, lemon juice, vinegar and enough salt. Mix these ingredients together and make a thick creamy paste. Then add chicken pieces. Marinate the chicken pieces well and keep it in a refrigerator for 1 hour.

Take a large nonstick biryani vessel, heat enough olive oil in it. Add marinated chicken pieces one by one and fry until it turns to a crispy and fried. You can turn it other side when one side of chicken pieces are cooked and fried. Then take out the fried chicken pieces from the oil and keep aside.

In that same oil (chicken fried oil), add chopped onion and saute well until the onion gets light golden colour. Add chopped capsicum and saute well.Then add ginger garlic and green chilly paste. Mix well until the roast smell comes. 

Take a mixer grinder or blender, add tomato pieces. Grind well until it turns to a Puri or juicy. Then add these tomato Puri into the onion, ginger garlic masala. Add enough salt and mix well for 3 minutes in a medium flame. Add 2 piece of chicken stock/ Maggy cube and Sault well. Once the chicken Maggy cube melts, reduce the flame to low and add 3 tbsp of Majboos masala powder / kabsa masala powder.  Add chopped coriander leaves. Close the vessel. Cook it for 2 minutes. 

Add 3 cup hot water and dried lemon. Mix well. Once the water began to boil, you can add the soaked and drained basmati rice. Mix well and close the vessel. Cook it in a medium flame. After 5 minutes you can open the vessel and mix the rice again. Then keep it in a low flame for 10 minutes. 

Open the vessel and mix the rice again. Then transfer the fried chicken into the top of the rice. Then close the vessel and cook it for 5 minutes in a low flame. The tasty and spicy chicken Majboos is ready to serve.

You can serve this with yogurt, pickles and Tomato chutney. 

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                     Cuisine : Arabian

                     Prep time : 15 minutes

                     Cook time : 30 minutes

                     Servings : 5 

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