In the midst of all of this house hunting, we all started hunkering for a taste of our....well.....(former) home....
Matchbus, called Kapsa in other Gulf states, is a traditional dish...You cook the chicken first by boiling it with fried onions, tomato paste, chopped fresh whole tomatoes, garlic, bay leaves, whole cardamom pods, saffron, cloves, black (dried) onions, and cumin. After cooking the chicken for 30 minutes or so you strain the pieces out and reserve the liquid and put the chicken in the oven at 350 degrees F for another 30 minutes or so while you make the rice. You use some of the reserved liquid to cook the rice in, as deemed appropriate for the amount of rice you want to make. Although Basmati rice is traditional, we use calrose rice (sushi rice, also called "Egyptican" rice) in our house.
It's delicious! You put carmelized onions along with some raisins on top and serve it in a communal dish such as the one pictured.
We like to eat with our hands, and on the floor, as this is traditional also.
Dig in!
2 comments:
Salaam casmee - I wish I knew more, but other than making gahawa (arabic coffee), and matchbus, halas, that's it!
Looks a lot like Biryani!
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