CHICKEN KABALIYATH --- A DELICIOUS ARABIAN DISH

CHICKEN KABALIYATH

                A DELICIOUS ARABIAN DISH.

Explore  your taste  with Arabian cuisine.

Learn how to cook perfect Chicken Kabaliyath.

Chicken Kabaliyath is a Delicious recepi made with chicken and steamed rice.  It's very popular in Arab countries. Now it is available in almost all part of the world. Now a days many people choose Kabaliyath as a party special rice, to treat their guest and loved ones. Kabaliyath rice  is considered to be a very simple recipes that everybody can cook in their home by using  few ingredients.

Chicken kabaliyath is very tasty and yummy dish. Once you taste it, you would like to eat again and again. It is another version of kabsa or Arabic biryani. In kabayith recepi, rice and chicken were cooked separately. Here long grain basmati rice is needed for making perfect Kabaliyath rice. While making chicken masala, kabsa masala powder/ Arabic masala powder is used. Kabsa masala/ Arabic masala powder is a popular spice powder added to most of the Arabic dishes. It is very popular spice mix of Arabs. So by using this Arabic spice powder, you get a unique flavour and  taste for your chicken masala. The rice is cooked separately by using few ingredients. The rice with chicken masala gives a special outlook. In this recepi, the innermost part of the chicken fleshes were very soft and juicy and the external outlook of this masala gives an extra glazing. However, this pretty combination makes the dish very tasty and delicious.

 Chicken Kabaliyath is a very popular lip smacking recepi found in Arabian countries. It has a  unique  flavour and taste. It is a  combination of roasted onion, ginger, garlic, green chillies, tomato and Arabic spices with steamed/cooked  basmati rice. The rice is separately cooked in a chicken stock(chicken maggy cube), cardomom, cloves, cinnamon stick,lemon juice, sunflower oil, ghee and enough water. Its very simple and tasty. There is no need of layering rice and chicken masala for Dum. So it's very helpful for beginners. Also the rice are cooked in pressure cooker. So it's very easy to save your valuable time. You can served this delicious dish in a party, meeting or even a weekend meals.

Let's follow my simple recipe to make Arabian Chicken Kabaliyath. 

INGREDIENTS

Chicken - 1 kg

Onion - 3 medium

Capsicum - 1 

 

Carrot - 1

Ginger paste - 1 tsp

Garlic paste - 1 tsp

Green chilly paste - tbsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Pepper powder - 1 tbsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp 

Kabsa masala/ Arabic masala - 2 tbsp

Coriander leaves

Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

Chicken Maggy cube - 1 cube

Sunflower oil - 4 tbsp

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Salt

FOR MAKING RICE

Long grain basmati rice - 3 cup 

Water - 4 1/2 cup

Cardomom - 4

Cinnamon stick - 1 small piece

Cloves - 3

Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

Chicken Maggy cube - 1 cube

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Sunflower oil - 4 tbsp

Salt  

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 Course : Main course / meals

 Cuisine : Arabian 

 Cook time : 50 min

 

  Servings  : 5

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INSTRUCTIONS

🔺  Use Kong grain basmati rice.

🔺  Rice  should be soaked atleast 1 hours. It makes the rice soft and fluffy.

🔺 For making Kabaliyath, rice should be fluffed, soft and not stick to each other. Otherwise you lost its compete texture.

🔺 Try to use Arabic masala powder/ kabsa masala powder for making chicken masala for this dish. Arabic masala powder is available in almost every supermarket.

🔺 Use capsicum and carrot, It gives Special flavour and aroma.

🔺  It's better to cut capsicum in a long strips ( 1 inch long) and cut the carrot in a round shape.

  🔺 While making rice, you must add lemon juice and ghee. It avoid overcook.

PREPARATIONS

•  Take 3 cup of basmati rice, rinse and wash well. Then soak in a water for 1 hour.

•  Take 1 kg Chicken, Cut them into medium pieces. Wash and drain well. Keep aside.

•  Take a kadai, heat enough sunflower oil, add chopped onion and enough salt. Sault well until the onion turns to light golden colour.

•  Add ginger garlic and green chilly paste. Mix well and Sault for 2 minutes.

• Add spices such as Turmeric powder, pepper powder, Coriander powder and Arabic Masala powder/ kabsa masala powder. Mix well and cook it for 5 minutes in a low flame.

•  Add finely chopped tomato and mix well. Once the water from tomatoes comes, add chicken pieces and mix well.  

•  Add chopped coriander leaves. Then close the Kadai with tight lid. Cook it for 5 minutes.

•  Then open the lid and add capsicum strips, carrots and chicken Maggy cube. Mix well and close the Kadai again and  cook it for 20 minutes in a low flame. Remember to stir well every 2 minutes.

•  After 20 minutes, open the lid and check the masala. If there is any water in your chicken masala then you can cook again 10 minutes in a high flame without lid and dry the water( don't make the masala too much dry). Remember to stir well every 2 minutes. Once the masala is ready, switch off the flame and keep aside.

•  Take a pressure cooker, heat enough sunflower oil, add cardomom, cinnamon stick and cloves. Roast well. Then add enough water and salt. Once the water began to boil,then add lemon juice, chicken Maggy cube and ghee. After that transfer the soaked and drained basmati rice. Mix well and close the pressure cooker. Wait for first whistle. Then switch off the flame and keep aside for 10 minutes.

• After 10 minutes, open the pressure cooker and mix the rice well. 

• Take a flat tray or plate, transfer the cooked rice into this plate. Then add chicken masala on the top of the rice. Then you can garnished with capsicum and carrots.

Tasty and delicious Arabian popular Chicken Kabaliyath is ready to serve. You can serve this dish along with some raita, salad and pickle.

         ENJOY.....

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