Chicken Mandi ( Recipe ) | Lurpak®

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken (approx. 1 kg), cut in half
• 2 tbsp Lurpak® Unsalted Butter
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp mixed mandi spices
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp saffron, ground
• ½ tsp orange food colour powder
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 450 g basmati rice, washed and drained (not soaked)
• 1 dried lime
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 5 cardamom pods, whole
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns, whole
• 1 tsp whole cumin seeds
• 5 cloves, whole
• 2 black cardamom pods, whole
• 1 tsp coriander seeds, whole
• 1 star anise, whole
• 2 bay leaves
• 700 ml of room temperature water (or until it covers 1 cm above the rice)
• 180 g tomatoes, cut into big chunks
• 1 green chilli
• 2 tbsp onions, chopped
• 1 garlic clove
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 tbsp fresh parsley
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 charcoal, ready to use in the final step