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Chicken with
yogurt
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Chicken maqbous
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- 500 GRAM CHICKEN BREAST
- 2 CLOVES GARLIC, chopped
- 1 ONION, chopped
- 1 CHILI PEPPER, chopped
- 3 CARDAMOM PODS, cut open and use inside seeds
- 1/4 TSP CORIANDER POWDER
- 1/4 TSP CUMIN POWDER
- 1 CUP YOGURT
- HANDFUL PARSLEY, chopped
- HANDFUL MINT LEAVES, chopped
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- 1 WHOLE CHICKEN, cut
- 1 TBSP BAHARAT
- 2 ONIONS, chopped
- 2 DRIED LIMES, cut
- 1 GREEN PEPPER, chopped
- 2 CLOVES GARLIC, chopped
- 3 TOMATOES, cubed
- PIECE OF GINGERROOT, grated
- HANDFUL CORIANDER LEAVES, cut
- 2 CUPS RICE
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Fry the onions, the pepper and garlic for 3
minutes in oil. Add the cumin and coriander powder and fry 1 minute
more. Fry the chicken in a separate pan until brown on all sides.
Add the chicken to the onions; add the yogurt, the mint, the
cardamom and 1/2 cup of hot water and pepper and salt to taste.
Bring this to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with
parsley.
This is an
Afghan
dish. 15
February is Liberation
Day, because the Russians
withdrew (taking 9 months) from
Afghanistan in 1989.
The last general crossed the Friendship Bridge on the way to
Uzbekistan. Click on culinary calendar for more
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Stir fry the onion,
garlic, limes and pepper for three minutes. Sprinkle the chicken
with half of the baharat, add it to the onion and fry until brown on
all sides. Add the tomatoes, the remaining baharat and gingerroot and salt to taste and
bring to the boil; simmer for half an hour. Take out the chicken and
put it under the grill for 15 minutes or so. In the meantime, add as
much water as needed to the tomato sauce for the amount of rice.
Bring this to the boil, add the rice and simmer for 20 minutes; add
the coriander. Put the grilled chicken on top of the rice.
This is a recipe from Oman. On 23
July 1970, Sultan Qaboos bin
Said al Said of Oman started his reign after he had got rid of his
father's power in a palace coup. This day is celebrated as
"Renaissance Day". Click on culinary calendar for more
links between cooking and worldwide history.
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