Arabic dish : MANDI : Arabian Biryani

" Mandi "

Or biryani as everyone calls it

can be done with chicken or Meat

Ingredients:

- 3 cups of rice (i use basmati rice)

- 1 kg mutton

- 4 sliced onions

- 1 green pepper

- 4 table spoon oil

- 3 tablespoon butter or ghee

- 6 cardomom seeds and cloves

- 1/2 teaspoon coriander

- 1/teaspoon black pepper seeds

- 1 tablspoon salt

method:

- cut the meat and wash it

- boil the meat in a pan and once the foam is removed from surface, add cardomom, black peper seeds, cumin, cloves and salt. leave over heat until meat is nearly cooked.

- remove meat from pan and use same water to boil rice, then drain it

- heat oil and butter in a frying pan, fry the onions then sweet pepper and meat. season with 1 teaspoon of salt and cardomom powder

- place onion mixture in bottom of pan and pour rice over

- burn coal and place in a cup. put cup inside the pan and cover. place in oven for 20-30 minutes on 150 degrees.