Chicken Kabsa n Shirazi Salad

Last week I made spicy morrocan rice which is very spicy sampai meletup2 dalam mulut, but dem, I like those spices cause it made me feel very warm inside. Yer la since I have been eating veggie n fruits aje for the rest 2 weeks kan..

Pastu I masak beef pilaf n beef tagine pulak the next day since the marrocan spice ader byk lagi. All turned out very well especially the beef tagine. Yg kureng nasi je, quite bland that time sebab dah lama tak pakai garam, so even rasa sedikit garam, I dah rasa salty, after the rice is cooked, tawar sikit but still sedap accompanied with the beef tagine.

This week, I made nasi kabsa pula, a mild version of nasi arab. I can see the boys really enjoy nasi kabsa compare to morrocan rice which was very rich in taste n the n nasi pilaf daging that I made before. So here is the recipe as requested by some relatives n friends :)

My version of Chicken Kabsa

5 pot rice
2 carrots
1 box raisins
1 cup chickpea

1 whole chicken
1 tbsp kabsa spice
Salt to taste
(marinate them for at least 1 hour)

2 big onions
5 cloves garlic
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
5 cardamom seeds
3 big tomatoes chopped
1 tbsp kabsa spice
Water

Sautee the onions, garlic, cinnamon stick, star anise n cardamom seeds for 2-3 mins. Add chopped tomatoes and stir for until tomatoes soft. Add kabsa spice and stir again. Now u can add the chicken and cook for 8 minutes. Add chickpea n water just enough to cover the chicken, salt to taste. Cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked.

After chicken is cooked, add rice, carrot, raisins and salt to taste. Stir well for a while just to ensure rice, carrot and raisins are well mix with the chicken gravy. Bring to boil, then reduce heat and cook until the rice is tender and done.

Kabsa Spice
2 part coriander seeds
2 part cardamon seeds
1 part of cumin seeds
1 part of fennel seeds
1 part of black peppercorn
1 part of cloves flower
(sangai hingga naik bau)

1 part of turmeric powder
1 part of chilli powder
1 part of ground ginger

Blend all the spices together to get make them into powder.

Shirazi Salad
2 japanese cucumber chopped
2 tomatoes chopped
2 onios chopped
Bunch of coriander chopped
½ lime juice to drizzle
Black pepper to taste

Combine all the above and keep in fridge and serves cold

Tara!! Da siap nasi n salad, sila la ambil pinggan n jemput makan semua :)