Palestinian Muftool

علي جاوحدوChef

Ingredients

• Cut chicken
  1 chicken
• 1 kg of local muftool
  1 kg
• 2 large onions
  2 onions
• 1 can of chickpeas or half a kilo soaked and partially boiled
  0.5 kg
• Olive oil or ghee
  0
• Whole spices: cardamom, black pepper, a piece of cinnamon
  0
• Ground spices: 1/2 tsp cumin, 1 tsp caraway (not heaped), 1/2 tsp ground cardamom, 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  0
• Salt
  0
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
  1 onion
• 5 peeled and chopped tomatoes
  5 tomatoes
• 1 Maggi cube
  1 cube
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
  1 tablespoon
• Yogurt for the roasted chicken
  0

Steps

1. 1

   Squeeze half a lemon and season the chicken with a sprinkle of the mentioned spices.

   5 min
2. 2

   Heat the oil for deep frying the chicken to a depth of 1 cm and fry the chicken until it is well browned.

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   Pot

   5 min
3. 3

   In a pot, slice the two onions and sauté them with a sprinkle of salt, spices, and corn oil or olive oil, then add the chickpeas and sauté with the onions.

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   5 min
4. 4

   Add the chicken to the onions and chickpeas, then add one liter of boiling water with the Maggi cube, whole spices, a piece of dried lime, a sprinkle of ground spices, and salt. Taste to adjust the broth's flavor, adding more spices or salt as desired.

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   30 min
5. 5

   Let them boil for about half an hour until the sauce thickens and the chicken is fully cooked.

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   30 min
6. 6

   To prepare the sauce - slice the onion into wedges and sauté with a little olive oil, a sprinkle of salt, and spices, then add the chopped tomatoes and let them wilt over low heat.

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   5 min
7. 7

   Now add one liter of chicken broth, tomato paste, the Maggi cube, a sprinkle of ground spices, and salt, and check the taste as desired.

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   5 min
8. 8

   Let it simmer over low heat until it thickens.

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   5 min
9. 9

   Prepare a baking tray, place the chicken pieces in it, squeeze half a lemon over them, sprinkle with spices and salt, and brush with yogurt and a sprinkle of olive oil.

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   Baking tray

   5 min
10. 10

    Cover it with aluminum foil and place it in the oven at 200 degrees for 45 minutes, then uncover it to brown.

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    45 min
11. 11

    Prepare the special pot for steaming the muftool (it is a regular pot but instead of a lid, it has a strainer where we place the muftool to steam it).

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    Special pot for steaming muftool

    5 min
12. 12

    Put boiling water in the pot and place the muftool in the strainer above the water, leaving it for about 20 minutes until the muftool grains double in size and cook.

    20 min
13. 13

    Once the muftool is cooked, season it with a sprinkle of spices and salt.

    5 min
14. 14

    Then add 1/4 cup of olive oil and stir it or a large spoon of ghee.

    5 min
15. 15

    For serving the muftool, add a good amount of the chicken broth we prepared over the muftool in the tray and boil them together for 5 minutes, then serve on plates with chicken pieces. This step enhances the flavor.

    5 min

Nutrition Facts

Ingredients Nutritional Facts (per 100g)

Saltper 100g

Ash100 g

* Nutritional values are approximate and calculations may be affected by ingredient type, farming, storage, and cooking methods.

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