Most successful way to cook chicken mandi like restaurants in your home!

Ingredients and instructions

First prepare the marinade

In a bowl add the following ingredients:

One tsp each of salt, cumin, and paprika, and half a tsp each of black pepper, turmeric, and saffron

One tbsp of vinegar (15 ml)

Three tbsps of vegetable oil (45 ml)

Use that to marinate the chicken

In a roasting pan with a rack add the following ingredients:

Cardamom and cloves

Dried limes, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, and garlic

Two cups of water

Put the chicken on the rack

Cover it with parchment paper and aluminum foil 

Place the chicken in a preheated oven and a temperature of 400°f, 200°c. Roast the chicken for 40 minutes

In the meantime start preparing the basmati rice 

In a pot with a little bit of vegetable oil, add one chopped onion (150 grams)

Cook the onion until it caramelizes

Then, add:

Three cups of washed basmati rice

One tsp of salt and half a tsp each of black pepper and cumin

One tsp of vegetable bouillon

Turn it for about five minutes and then remove it from the heat

After the 40 minutes have past, take the chicken out of the oven

Add the rice

Cover the rice with water

Add hot pepper and bell peppers on top of the rice

Put back the chicken and garlic

Put it back in the oven

Place the chicken with the rice in the oven for another 35 minutes using the same temperature as before

Smoke the chicken with natural charcoal and vegetable oil

Keep it covered for 5 minutes

How to make the red tomato salsa (daqoos)

Blend the following ingredients in the blender 

One tomato

Coriander

Hot pepper

Garlic

One fourth of a tsp of cumin

Salt

One tsp of lemon juice (10 ml)

Keep it refrigerated until time of use