Machboos De'ai Recipe

Name: Machboos De'ai Recipe
Total time: 80 min
Ingredients: 1 cinnamon stick, broken into chunks (darseen); 4 -6 cloves (mismar); 1 -2 bay leaf (warag gar); 6 -8 pieces cardamom, smashed (hail); 1 teaspoon of crushed black pepper (or 1/2 teaspoon ground, filfil aswad); 1 -2 pieces star anise (yansoon alnajm); 1 dried black lemons (loomi aswad) or 1/2 lemon, juice of (optional, can use 1 cap full of white vinegar or omit it altogether); 4 -6 curry leaves (optional); 1 chopped tomato (optional, tamat); 1 medium onion (busl, finely chopped or halved); 1/2 bulb of garlic, peeled and smashed (thoom, can also be chopped); 3 -4 cups of long grain basmati rice (aish basmati, regular long grain can be substituted at a loss of flavor); salt (mil'h); 2 whole chickens, cleaned and cut in half (de'ai'tain); turmeric, powder (kurkum, for dusting); cinnamon (for dusting); garlic powder (for dusting); water, for boiling; 1 teaspoon saffron thread; olive oil or other oil (for frying)

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Traditional Kuwaiti Machboos (chicken & rice) dish.

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Ingredients

1 cinnamon stick, broken into chunks (darseen)
4 -6 cloves (mismar)
1 -2 bay leaf (warag gar)
6 -8 pieces cardamom, smashed (hail)
1 teaspoon of crushed black pepper (or 1/2 teaspoon ground, filfil aswad)
1 -2 pieces star anise (yansoon alnajm)
1 dried black lemons (loomi aswad) or 1/2 lemon, juice of (optional, can use 1 cap full of white vinegar or omit it altogether)
4 -6 curry leaves (optional)
1 chopped tomato (optional, tamat)
1 medium onion (busl, finely chopped or halved)
1/2 bulb of garlic, peeled and smashed (thoom, can also be chopped)
3 -4 cups of long grain basmati rice (aish basmati, regular long grain can be substituted at a loss of flavor)
salt (mil'h)
2 whole chickens, cleaned and cut in half (de'ai'tain)
turmeric, powder (kurkum, for dusting)
cinnamon (for dusting)
garlic powder (for dusting)
water, for boiling
1 teaspoon saffron thread
olive oil or other oil (for frying)