A mind blowing marinated chicken recipe with very little oil. Al Faham is a popular Arabic chicken recipe which is marinated with Arabic spices and charcoal grilled to perfection. I have prepared this on a pan/tawa at home and it was equally delicious.
Ingredients:
Chicken – 500 gms
Yogurt – 1 tbsp
Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Oil – 1/2 – 1 tbsp
To Grind:
Cumin seeds/Jeera – 2 tbsp
Saunf /Aniseed – 2 tbsp
Coriander seeds – 2 tbsp
Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
Whole Peppercorns – 1 tbsp
Whole Dried red chillies – 3 -4
Turmeric Powder – 1 tbsp
Kashmiri chillie powder – 1 tsp (for red colour only)
Onion – 1 small
Ginger – 1/2 inch piece
Garlic – 3-4 cloves
Green chillie – 1
Tomato – 1 small
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Cut the chicken into fairly big pieces and make slits on it. Grind the items listed under ‘ to grind’ and keep it aside. To it, add yogurt, salt and pepper powder. Mix well.
Spread this misture on the chicken pieces and marinate it for 6 – 7 hours preferably or 2 hours, in case you are short of time.
Take a pan and heat it. Add 1/2 cup of water to it and place the chicken pieces on it and cook on low heat for 5 -6 minutes. Turn and cook the other side of the chicken. When the chicken is almost cooked and the liquid evaporates, take the chicken pieces out.
Heat another pan. Add 1/2 tbsp of oil and place the chicken pieces on it and cook on low heat for 5 – 7 minutes. Flip to the other side when done. Make sure that it does not burn.
Serve hot with Salad, Thoum, Kuboos and Tahina.
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