The dish that took Karachi by storm in recent time, this Arabian dish is the new trending favorite these days and now you can learn to make it too in easy steps

Watch this Masala TV video to learn how to make Chicken mandi and Basbousa. This show of Lazzat with Chef Samina Jalil aired on 25 October 2019.

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Chicken mandi:
Ingredients:
Whole chicken 1
Mandi masala 2 tbsp
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Oil ¾ cup
For mandi masala:
Curry leaves 2
Mace powder ½ tsp
Ginger powder 1 tsp
Black pepper 1-1/2 tsp
Cloves 1 tsp
For rice:
Boiled rice ½ kg
Chopped capsicum 1
Chopped carrot 1
Cardamom 6-7
Chicken stock 2 cup
Clarified butter ½ cup
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Mix garam masala 1 tbsp
Mandi masala 1 tbsp
For mandi chantey:
Tomato 2
Green chili 2-3
Green coriander 4 tbsp
Salt to taste
Lemon juice as required
Garlic 2 cloves
Method:
For making mandi chantey all ingredients pour in a blender and grind tickly then add lemon juice. for chicken mandimarinate whole chicken with mandi masala and leave overnight. Then bake in oven or grill and give coal smoke. Now heat oil add mix garam masala and cardamom then fry. Add mandi masala and also add chicken stock, lemon juice, chopped carrot and chopped capsicum and cook till it gets boil. Now mix boiled rice and put it on dum. Then take out rice in dish, put chicken over it and serve.

Basbousa:
Ingredients:
Semolina 250 gram
Clarified butter ¾ cup
Yogurt 200 gram
Coconut powder 4 tbsp
Baking powder 1-1/2 tsp
Cream 1 packet
Caster sugar 6 tbsp
Almonds(cut) as required
For sugar syrup:
Water 1-1/4 cup
Rose water 4 tbsp
Caster sugar 250 gram
Method:
Mix semolina, caster sugar, yogurt, ghee, coconut powder, cream and baking powder in a bowl and leave for half an hour. Now in a grease pan spread the mixture now add almonds and bake on 180 degree for half an hour. When it gets light color remove from oven. For sugar syrup take water, rose water and caster sugar in a pan and cook. Now pour this on warm cake and cut cake in pieces.

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