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Machboos is one of the lunch meal that’s regular dish in Gulf’s cuisines. its suitable meal after a long working day. Its rice-based dish commonly prepared with basmati rice, long, slender-grained aromatic rice, that cooked with spices and chicken or meat or fish. Mostly, its served with homemade hot tomato sauce. I will share with you, my hometown chicken recipe that you can do by yourself, and surprise your beloved with the most common Emirati main course.

Let's get started. ☺

Machboos in one of the GCC national day ( Via source)

Ingredients


  • 1 kg chicken cut according to preference
  • 1 kg rice washed and soaked in water for 10 minutes then strained, preferably Basmati rice
  • 2 chopped tomatoes
  • 1 large onion, julienned 
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2/3 cups water
  • 1 cup chopped coriander
  • 4 dried limes (black lime)
  • Whole Spices: 3 cloves, 3 cinnamon sticks, 4 cardamoms pods and 5 bay leaves
  • 1 small spoon turmeric
  • Salt, whole black pepper (according to preference)
  • 1 tablespoon Arabic spices powder: (1 small spoon cinnamon, 1 small spoon ground red pepper, 1 small spoon cumin seeds, 1 small spoon cardamom pods, 1 small spoon coriander seeds, 1 small spoon cloves1 small spoon ginger powder).
  • 1 small spoon ginger paste
  • 1 small spoon garlic paste
  • Green chili pepper (optional)

Colorful spices make a tasty Machboos (via source) 


Instruction 


  • On cooking pot, heat a little bit of oil, and then add the chopped onions and stir it until the color tends to a golden brown.
  • Add the cinnamon sticks, cloves, cardamom and bay leaves (the whole spice) into the oil.
  • Put the chicken pieces carefully in the put and sparkle the spices powder, mix the spices with the chicken and flip it to get brown color.
  • Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, coriander, garlic, ginger and dried lime, then stir until the tomatoes become soft. (this is the time if you want to put green paper).
  • Pour the broth on top of the chicken with low heat to cook the chicken well.
  • placed the chicken in the oven under the grill to crisp the chicken skin.
  • Add the rice with the right amount of chicken broth to cook it (each cup of Basmati rice will take 1 ¼ - 1 ½ cup of broth). 
  • Let the rice water evaporates, then return the chicken on top of the rice. Close the lid and let it cook on very low heat till is cooked well for 25 to 30 minutes.


It is my hometown recipe; I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. I cannot wait to see your feedback after you try it.

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Resource ;


 K. (2015, February 24). Recipe: The national dish of Kuwait - Machboos Laham. Retrieved September 30, 2017, from http://blog.ingredientmatcher.com/recipe-national-dish-of-kuwait-machboos-laham/

(n.d.). Retreived September 30, 2017, from http://www.kitchenmaestro.net/emarati-majboos------------------

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