{"id":18280,"date":"2014-07-12T00:29:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T04:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=18280"},"modified":"2020-07-30T04:54:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T08:54:15","slug":"easy-chicken-mandi-easy-mandi-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/easy-chicken-mandi-easy-mandi-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Chicken Mandi- Easy Mandi Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mandi, a traditional dish of Yemen made either with chicken or lamb…<\/p>\n

Mandi\u00a0is\u00a0now popular among other Arab countries as well. Traditionally, the meat is slow cooked in a tandoor which makes the meat extremely tender and delicious, and served over aromatic rice.<\/p>\n

I’ve tasted Mandi at an International food festival in my city, since then I’d been in search of an authentic Mandi recipe. While browsing through the online recipes, one of the recipes shared by an authentic Yemen lady caught my attention. My top criteria was that the recipe\u00a0should be authentic and I am glad to have found such a recipe.<\/p>\n

After reading the recipe, I had an idea that it’s going to taste mild unlike Indian style Biryani. Usually, I tweak most of the recipes to my liking and taste. While making this one, I resisted all the temptation I had to modify the recipe.<\/p>\n

The spice rub used to marinate\u00a0the chicken is called Hawaij<\/strong>– coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, whole black peppercorns are roasted till aromatic and made into a powder. Very few and very basic spices are used for making this dish. The chicken was marinated for 3 to 4 hours and then slow cooked in the oven on a wire rack placed over the rice pot. By this method, the dripping from the chicken would fall over the rice and both the rice and the chicken would be cooked at the same time.<\/p>\n

The only work I had to do was\u00a0marinating the chicken, the chicken was then placed in the oven and all the cooking was done in the oven. The chicken was slow cooked for 1 hour and 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

I was so excited and eager to taste this dish. I was truly blown away at how amazing the rice tasted, saffron and the chicken dripping made the rice taste extremely delicious. The chicken was cooked so well, tasted mild yet delicious.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> This is a very mild dish, not spicy at all. The rice was extremely aromatic and tasted very flavorful. Enjoy this Mandi in its authentic way!<\/p>\n

Recipe Courtesy-Heartfelt thanks to Katherine Abu Hadal\u00a0for sharing this recipe through her wonderful blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Preparation pictures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spices for making Hawaij<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Roasting the spices<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ground Hawaij\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marinated chicken<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cooking rice<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Place the chicken on a wire rack and then place it on the rice pot<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Slow cooking in the oven<\/b><\/p>\n

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Easy Chicken Mandi- Easy Mandi Recipe<\/div>\n
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Recipe Type<\/span>: Main<\/span><\/div>\n
Cuisine: Middle Eastern<\/span><\/div>\n
Author: Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n
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