How to make chicken mandi

Chicken mandi

The chicken mandi is one of the most favoured rice dish around the globe. The simple rice with the delicious topping of the grilled or baked tasty chicken makes you mouth water. You will do anything to get its taste. Finally share and enjoy.

Cooking tip: To keep the smell of saffron constant or not make it go away, you can simply keep it in low warm milk.

Ingredients

1 kg chicken (with skin)

2 cups of rice (basmati)

1 large onion (sliced)

1 tsp garlic paste

1 tbsp coriander powder

1 tbsp garam masala powder (whole spice powder)

5 to 6 cloves

1 tomato (large)

3 to 4 black cardamom

9 to 10 black pepper pods

3 to 4 bay leaves

3 to 4 cinnamon sticks

2 tbsp butter

salt (to taste)

3 cups of water

procedure

First take a large pot and heat oil in it and then add onions and fry until they become soft, After that add garlic paste, tomatoes (chopped) and cook for few minutes.

Then add the chicken to the pot, make sure the side in which the chicken has skin is facing down (on the oil) and fry it for a few minutes. Then add 4 cups of water, coriander powder and garam masala to it. Cover the lid and simmer on low heat.

Then strain the stock and let it boil. Then add rice and cook it until the water dries and then cover it and let it cook on slow heat.Then take a small amount of butter and melt it and keep the butter aside.

Preheat the oven at the scale of 4 or 350 F or 177 C. Then place the chicken in the oven and let it grill until the colour becomes golden.  (now the chicken is cooked)


After that soak the rice for approximately 30 minutes. Now when little water is evaporated from the pot then remove the chicken from stock (pot).

Then take a brush and dip it in the melted butter and brush it on the chicken and sprinkle some crushed black pepper.


After that place a little bit of aluminium foil in the middle of the rice. Then put a burning coal over the aluminium foil and add 1 tbsp of oil and cover the lid.

Finally serve it hot in a large dish with rice and chicken on top of the rice.

Share and enjoy.