Chicken Mandi
An India dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 22 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 57 minPrep (about)
- 25 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 22 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 1 chicken Shopping tip: A whole chicken (about 3 to 4 lb).
Fresh & other
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 4 cups water
- 1 onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 green chiles Shopping tip: Jalapeño for mild (seeds out); serrano for hot.
- 1 tsp cilantro
- ¼ tsp cloves
Sauces & oils
- 3 tbsp oil Shopping tip: Vegetable or canola oil.
Spices & seasonings (6): salt, turmeric powder, cardamom, cinnamon, pepper, bay leaves
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp turmeric powder
- 1 ½ tsp cardamom
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 bay leaves
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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1, clean.
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Cut the chicken.
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Marinate briefly with a little oil, turmeric and salt, 2.
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Rinse and soak basmati rice 20–30 min, 3.
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Heat ghee/oil in a large pot.
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Fry chopped onion until golden.
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Add minced garlic and green chillies.
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Fry 1–2 min, 4.
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Add whole spices and ground spices.
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Stir until it smells good, 5.
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Add chicken pieces.
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Brown lightly.
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Add enough water/chicken stock to cover.
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Simmer until chicken is nearly cooked, 6.
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Remove chicken.
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Measure remaining liquid.
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Add soaked rice.
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Bring to a boil.
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Turn the heat down, cover.
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Cook rice until almost done, 7.
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Return your chicken to the rice pot on top.
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Cover tightly plus steam.
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Do it on low.
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Keep going for 10–15 min so flavors meld.
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For authentic smoky aroma: heat a little charcoal until red hot.
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Place it on a little foil cup in your centre of the pot.
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Add a tsp of butter/oil on your coal then cover right away to trap smoke for 5–10 minutes.
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Remove coal, 9.
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Top with fried onions, chopped coriander.
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Serve with chutney or raita.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.