Persian Style Chicken with Rice

Ingredients

• 8 chicken drumsticks (about 2.2 pounds/1 kg)
• 2 tsp salt (divided)
• 2 tsp black pepper (divided)
• 1 tsp sweet paprika
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• juice from ½ lemon
• 2 tbsp olive oil (divided)
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 small yellow onion (finely chopped)
• 4 garlic cloves (minced)
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp sumac
• ½ tsp ground coriander
• 1 cup uncooked basmati rice
• 1 can (14 oz/400 g) chickpeas (drained)
• 3 ½ cups chicken broth
• ½ cup almonds (roughly chopped)
• cilantro and pomegranate seeds (for serving (optional))