Machboos Diyay
Bahraini chicken machboos with baharat and loomi.
Ingredients
- 1.4 kg Chicken
- 3 cups Basmati rice
- 2 Onions
- 3 Tomatoes
- 3 Dried lime (loomi)
- 2 tbsp Baharat spice mix
- 1 tsp Turmeric
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 5 Cardamom pods
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 4 tbsp Ghee
- 1 tbsp Rose water
- 2 tsp Salt
- 5 cups Water
Method
- Brown the onions — Cook in ghee until golden.
- Sear the chicken — Add with garlic, baharat and whole spices and brown all over.
- Build the broth — Add tomato, pierced dried limes, turmeric and water and simmer 40 minutes.
- Cook the rice — Remove the chicken, add the soaked rice, cover and cook 20 minutes on low.
- Crisp the chicken — Grill it 10 minutes until the skin browns.
- Machboos Diyay is ready — Finish the rice with rose water and serve with the chicken on top.