Recipe: The national dish of Saudi Arabia - Kabsa Fahm (Ruz Bukhari)
Ingredients
Chicken
- 1000 g chicken breast
- 2 small garlic cloves
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp kabsa spice mix see details further down
Rice
- 600 g basmati rice 3 cups
- 4 tbsp butter preferably ghee/clarified butter
- 1400 ml chicken broth 6 cups
- 2 pinches turmeric
- 2 small carrots
- 4 tbsp raisins
- salt
Daqous (Spiced Tomato Sauce)
- 950 ml finely crushed tomatoes / tomato puree 4 cups
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- salt
- black pepper
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 pinches cumin
- 2 tsp tahini roasted sesame paste
- 8 garlic cloves
- ½ tsp baharat spice mix see details further down
Baharat spice mix (mix all ingredients together and use only ½ tsp)
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- ½ tbsp ground coriander
- ½ tbsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tbsp ground cloves
- ½ tbsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp ground cardamom
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tbsp paprika powder
Kabsa spice mix (mix all ingredients together and use only ½ tsp)
- ½ tsp saffron
- ¼ tsp ground cardamom
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp ground dried lime
- ¼ tsp ground fennel seeds optional
- ¼ tsp ground coriander optional
Instructions
Chicken
- Season chicken breasts with olive oil, salt and pepper and Kabsa spice mix.
- Cook the chicken on the grill or in the oven, turning occasionally until cooked through.
Rice
- Rinse the rice well and soak in cold water for 20 minutes. Drain.
- In a deep pan melt butter, add grated carrots and raisins, sauté.
- Add the remaining ingredients, bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer covered on low heat for 15-20 minutes until done.
Daqqūs
- Mix all the ingredients in a medium pot.
- Simmer over low heat, while stirring, until well combined.
- Add more liquid if needed (water or chicken broth).
- Serve chicken with rice, daqqūs and a green salad.
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