Saudi Mandi
Saudi Mandi

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, saudi mandi. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Saudi Mandi is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Saudi Mandi is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook saudi mandi using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Saudi Mandi:
  1. Prepare 3 large whole chickens (1300g) chopped in half
  2. Prepare Spice blend of salt, black pepper
  3. Get Tumeric and ground coriander
  4. Take 1 g saffron
  5. Make ready 100 ml warm water
  6. Make ready 1100 g basmati sella rice only rinsed not soaked
  7. Get 2 L reduced salt chicken stock (cold)
  8. Get Whole spices wrapped in cheese cloth
  9. Take Black pepper, coriander seeds
  10. Take Cinnamon sticks, star anise, cardamom
  11. Make ready Cloves, dried lemon
  12. Prepare to taste Salt
  13. Prepare 1 piece charcoal for smoking fragrance
Steps to make Saudi Mandi:
  1. You need a heavy 7 qt pot, heavy duty foil and oven set to 200 C
  2. In a small bowl, soak the saffron in the warm water and allow it to cool
  3. Mix the spice blend with saffron then lather the chicken with it, inside and out. Allow the chicken to marinade 30 min outside or for up to 24 hr in the fridge
  4. In the pot, add the washed rice, stock, the whole spice pouch and salt
  5. Cover by a double sheet of foil while making sure the foil is concaved downward. Cut slits in the foil enough without comprising its integrity
  6. Lay the half chickens skin side up on top the foil then cover the whole thing tightly with 3 to 4 layers of foil. No room for steam to leak
  7. Bake in the oven for 90 min. Start the charcoal in the last 10 min
  8. Remove from the oven and uncover the foil. Put it back in the turned off oven.
  9. Shape a small piece of foil to hold the charcoal. Set it in the oven. Add some oil then quickly add the hot charcoal and close the oven door for 5 min
  10. You can serve it right away or chuck the chicken under a broiler for some color
  11. Serve in a big round plate and enjoy

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