Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, al machboos. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Al Machboos is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Al Machboos is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook al machboos using 31 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Al Machboos:

1. Prepare 1 kg Whole Chicken cut into 4 pieces only
2. Make ready 1.5 tbsps Baharat * (Middle Eastern Spice Blend)
3. Prepare 200-250 gms Onion Chopped
4. Get 250 gms Tomato Chopped
5. Prepare 40 gms Ginger made into paste
6. Prepare 40 gms (8 garlic cloves)Garlic made into paste
7. Make ready as required Few sprigs of Parsley Chopped
8. Make ready as required Few sprigs of Cilantro Chopped
9. Prepare 2 tbsp Ghee or 1 tbsp Veg oil
10. Take 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
11. Make ready as per taste Salt
12. Get 1.5 cups Long Basmati Rice washed and soaked for at least 30 mins
13. Take 3 1/3 cup Chicken Broth or water
14. Make ready 2 inches Cinnamon stick
15. Take 3 Green Cardamom
16. Get 2 Loomi / black dried whole lemon
17. Take For Garnishing (optional)
18. Get 10-15 Cashew nuts
19. Prepare 15-20 Raisins
20. Take 10-15 Almonds
21. Take As needed Parsley and Cilantro chopped
22. Take Baharat
23. Make ready 1 tbsp Black Peppercorns
24. Prepare 1 tbsp Cummin seeds
25. Get 2 Tsp Coriander seeds
26. Get 8-10 Cloves
27. Make ready Seeds only of 10-12 Green Cardamom
28. Take 1.5 tbsp Chilli Powder or Kashmiri LAL Mirch powder for color *
29. Take if you don't like chilli heat use Kashmiri or Degi Mirch powde
30. Take 1 Tsp Grounded Cinnamon
31. Get 1/4 tsp Grounded or grated Nutmeg

Steps to make Al Machboos:

1. Heat ghee and oil in a pot with thick base. Fry the nuts and raisins first and keep it aside. Then braise the chicken pieces in it. Let it brown a bit. I did two at a time. Prepare other ingredients accordingly as mentioned above.
2. Once the chicken is braised, keep it aside. Now In the same remaining ghee and oil add in the cinnamon and cardamom (just crack open the Cardamom pod to avoid it from bursting) and once it crackles, add in the onion and saute it till it turns pinck and translucent, then add the ginger garlic paste and again cook further for about 5-10 mins. Then add the Baharat spice mix and turmeric powder and cook more. Add little chicken broth or water to avoid it from burning.
3. Then add the chicken and mix well and cook. After that add tomatoes and loomi and salt and mix well and cook till the raw flavour of tomato goes off. Add in Chopped Parsley and cilantro. (Add water or broth as needed. While cooking the chicken, I added 1 cup broth in total.)
4. Once done, add the washed and soaked rice and mix it gently so that the rice doesn't break. Add & 1/3 cup water or chicken broth as the gravy already has moisture. Check salt, if needed add it and mix. Cover with a lid tightly and let it cook in its own steam / dum just as we cook biryani for about minutes. Put off the flame and let it rest for about 20 minutes. Open and fluff up the rice. Put it on a serving platter and garnish with the fried raisin & nuts and chopped parsley and cilantro.
5. Serve hot. I love it with Tzatziki and Fattoush Tzatziki recipe (see recipe)
6. For Baharat Masala : Dry roast all the whole spices, cool it and grind it into powder. Once powdered add the Chilli powder, Nutmeg and Cinnamon and blend it. Your Baharat is ready.
7. Fattoush recipe (see recipe)
8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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