The best way to prepare mandi in the oven
The mandi dish is classified as one of the most famous Arab rice recipes, which is loved by all with the smell and taste of charcoal, and to win the heart of your husband and children, do not hesitate to cook the most delicious healthy foods for them, and enjoy the best lunch with the family.
Rice Ingredients of mandi in the oven:
Rice: 2 cups soaked in water for at least 15 minutes.
Vegetable oil: as desired.
Salt, to taste.
Chicken condiment: To taste.
Onions: 2 tablespoons, chopped.
Cloves: 3 pieces.
Cinnamon: 2 sticks.
Water: 3 cups.
For chicken, we put 1 kg in addition to the following ingredients of mandi in the oven:
Lemon juice: 1/4 cup.
Mixed spices: half a teaspoon.
Cardamom: half a teaspoon.
Paprika: half a teaspoon.
Cinnamon: Pinch.
Saffron: a pinch.
Ginger: a pinch.
Onion powder: 1 teaspoon.
Garlic: crushed clove.
Now, dear, here's how to prepare of mandi in the oven:
1- Mix the lemon juice, onion powder, garlic, mixed spices and cardamom in a large bowl, then add paprika, saffron and ginger with the need for continuous mixing of the ingredients until they overlap and stick together.
2- We soak the chicken in the resulting marinade for a period of not less than 5 hours, then heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan over the stove and put the onions and saute them until they wilt.
3- Add the rice and stir well until the ingredients overlap, then put the rice in a tray designated for the oven and add to the tray cinnamon, cloves and chicken spices, then pour the water until the ingredients are covered.
4- We wrap the tray with tin foil, then pierce it with a knife.
5- We put the chicken on tin foil from the top, then cover the tray again with a second layer of tin.
6- We put the tray in a preheated oven at a temperature not less than 180 degrees Celsius and leave it for about 45 minutes.
7- Then we take out the tray from the oven, remove the tin foil, place the chicken over the rice and return it to the oven until it turns brown.
8- We cover a small charcoal with tin foil, then put it in the middle of the tray and leave it for a period of at least 5 minutes until the tray absorbs the flavor of charcoal.
