How to make Chicken Majboos -
This is a Middle Eastern chicken biryani.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Chicken drumsticks (चिकन टंगड़ी (ड्रमस्टिक्स) ), Basmati rice (बासमती चावल)
Cuisine : Middle Eastern
Course : Rice
You can also find more Rice recipes like Caribbean Rice Tomato Rice Jain Dum Biryani Chole Pulao
Chicken Majboos Recipe Card
Hindi: murgh
Be a kid or a teenage or an adult or an oldie, chicken lovers trend all over the world at all times! One meat that is a favourite of all beyond belief! When cooked, it can be presented in many guises. Sauté it, fry it, toss it, bake it, steam it – eat it the way you want to. Whatever its form may be upon being cooked, its flavour may change but its flesh remains high in protein, low in fat and can be digested easily.
Prep Time : 41-50 minutes
Cook time : 1-1.30 hour
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Chicken Majboos Recipe
Chicken drumsticks 8
Basmati rice 1½ cups
Mixed spices 2 tablespoons
Garlic cloves chopped 2
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
Oil 2 tablespoons + for greasing
Ghee 2 tablespoons
Onions chopped 2 large
Chicken stock 3 cups
Salt to taste
Cinnamon 2 1 inch stick
Green cardamoms 2
Black peppercorns 2-3
Black peppercorns ½ tablespoon
Saffron (kesar) soaked in 1 tablespoon rose water ½ teaspoon
Eggs boiled and halved 3
Fresh coriander leaves chopped for garnishing
Method
Step 1
Mix together one tablespoon ground spices, garlic, lemon juice and one tablespoon oil in a bowl.
Step 2
Add chicken drumsticks, mix well and set aside to marinate for thirty minutes.
Step 3
Heat remaining oil and ghee in a non-stick pan. Add onions, mix and sauté till translucent.
Step 4
Add remaining ground spices and mix well. Add marinated chicken, mix and sauté till golden.
Step 5
Add some water, mix and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for ten to fifteen minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
Step 6
Heat chicken stock in another non-stick pan. Add rice, salt, cinnamon, cardamoms, peppercorns and turmeric powder, mix and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for ten to fifteen minutes. Remove from heat and sprinkle saffron-rose water over it.
Step 7
Preheat oven to 180° C. Grease a baking tray with some oil. Spread the rice on the greased tray and place the chicken drumsticks on it. Top with boiled eggs and cover with an aluminium foil. Place the tray in the preheated oven and bake for twenty minutes.
Step 8
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
Most Visited Recipes
Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than 17 years, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.
