Kabsa Saudi Recipe Without Oven | Kabsa Chicken Rice | Arabic Food by Home Time PK

basmati rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: long-grain rice

Quinoa offers more protein, while long-grain rice is often less expensive.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Tofu is a plant-based option, while thighs are more affordable than breasts.

almonds

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide healthy fats, sunflower seeds are budget-friendly.

raisins

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: sultanas

Cranberries are lower in sugar, sultanas are often less costly.

Add cooking oil in the pan and garam masala, fry for 1 minute.

Then add chopped onion into it and sauté for 2 minutes.

Add the ginger and garlic paste, and tomato paste. Add the chopped green chilis and cook it for 3 minutes.

On the other hand, do some cuts on the big pieces of chicken, as shown in the video.

Add the big chicken pieces into the material and cook for 5 minutes.

Add water into the pan, which should be double from rice.

Cover it and cook for 25 minutes on medium flame so that chicken pieces get tender perfectly.

Separate the chicken from water and set it aside.

Add the rice into it which was dipped in the water for 1 hour.

Let the water dry.

On the other hand, take a frying pan and 1 tbsp. of cooking oil.

Shallow fry the pieces in this frying pan so that they get brown color.

Also shallow fry the dry fruit (almond, pistachio, raisin, or any dry fruits you like you add).

Put the chicken on the rice and simmer it for 5 minutes.

Garnish the rice with fried dry fruits.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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