Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 5 of 8 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Cardamom | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Ghee | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 kg chicken, with skin on, disjointed and washed
- 4 cups water
- 7 green cardamom (peel the skin slightly so seeds can fall out)
- 2 teaspoons salt(to taste)
- 3/4 cup Basmati Rice
- 2 cups milk
- 3 tablespoons ghee
- 2 pieces Gum Arabic (mastikah Do not leave it out)
Directions
Boil chicken in the water with cardamoms and salt, untill soft and tender.(1 hour).
Remove chicken to an oven tray.
Strain chicken broth into a big bowl and.
Pour back into the cooking pot.
Add rice to the broth, taste for salt.
Cook rice till extreamly soft and mushy.
Add milk and simmer for 10 mins, stirring continually on low heat.
Heat ghee and mastikah in a saucepan on the stove till mastikah melts.(it would not work in the microwave).
Add melted mastikah to the rice and mix well. Switch heat off close pot and rest for 10 minutes.
Pop chicken under the grill to redden .
Place rice onto serving plate arrange chicken over the rice.
Category:Saudi Arabian Recipes
Category:Saudi Arabian Meat Dishes