The Shibam Blog: Chicken Mandi: Yemeni Favorites

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, washed, cut into 4 pieces
• 3T yogurt
• 1 pinch Saffron
• 1/4c vegetable oil
• 2 bay leaves
• 1t smoked paprika
• 1T vinegar
• 1T salt
• 1t ground cardamom
• 1t ground black pepper
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1t turmeric
• 1t cinnamon
• 4c basmati rice, soaked 30 min with 1/2t of salt, then drained
• 2T ghee
• 1T oil
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 medium onion
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 green chili pepper
• 2T tomato paste
• 5 pods whole cardamom
• 1T whole allspice
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 dried lemons
• 1t whole cloves