BBC Food - Recipes - Spiced crusted rice with Moroccan rice-coated chicken and preserved lemon salad

Ingredients

• 300g/11oz basmati rice
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion , finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp sumac (available in Middle Eastern supermarkets)
• 50g/2oz unsalted pistachios , roughly chopped
• 20g/¾oz currants
• 4 tbsp flatleaf parsley , roughly chopped
• 1 lemon , juice only
• large pinch saffron , soaked in 2 tbsp water
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 50g/2oz butter , melted
• 75g/3oz basmati rice , soaked in water
• 3 tsp baharat spice blend (available in Middle Eastern stores)
• 4 chicken thighs, skinless and boneless, cut into strips
• 1 egg , beaten
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 3 preserved lemons , rinsed, seeds and pulp removed, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp mint , roughly chopped
• ½ cucumber , seeded and roughly chopped
• ½ lemon , juice only
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil