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Joojeh Kabob and Steamed Saffron Rice

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Joojeh Kabob is a Persian Chicken kabob that is usually grilled in a charcoal grill and served over a bed of Steamed saffron rice . The Chicken is marinated in a yoghurt based sauce . Overnight marination results in more juicy and flavorful kabobs. Since i don't own a charcoal grill, i grilled the kabobs in oven. They turned out perfect and very moist.

Joojeh Kabob
serves 2

2 chicken breasts, cut into cubes
1/2 C thick yoghurt
1/2 C grated onion
1/4 C olive oil
juice 1 lemon
salt, to taste
pepper
pinch saffron, powdered

wooden skewers, soaked in water

Marinate the chicken with all the ingredients given above. Refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking tray with aluminium foil.
Skewer the chicken and place the skewers on the baking tray.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, turning once in between.

    Steamed Saffron Rice
    Serves 2

    1 C basmati rice
    3 C water
    salt, to taste
    2 T butter
    pinch saffron, dissolved in warm water

    Wash rice in running tap water until the water is no longer cloudy.Soak rice in 2cups of salted water for 15 minutes.
    Heat 1 cup of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, add rice along with the salted water and
    cook until rice is soft.
    Drain immediately and rinse the rice with cold water to wash of the extra salt.
    Heat butter in a saucepan, add rice and mix well. Close the lid and let the rice steam on the lowest heat for 5 minutes.
    Add the saffron water, fluff with fork and serve.




      Serve the kabobs over a bed of saffron rice along with grilled tomatoes and cucumber-mint raita!





          

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      13 Comments

      1. Sathya...its tempting me...awesome click:)

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      2. Wow..Superb palette.... evry vibrant and inviting..Slurp

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      3. Fantastic n drool worthy tempting meal...lovely!

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      4. Omg, wat an irresistible spread, kabab & rice looks awesome together..

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      5. What a lovely click!! Am drooling here..

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      6. Awesome post and love the whole platter Satya.. by the way love the newlook of ur space.. gorgeous.

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      7. Wow rice with saffron sounds interesting n yummy

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      8. wow! mouthwatering... you will be responsible if my mouth dries :)

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      9. yummy yumm platter..would love to gobble up now :)

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      10. Nice platter. Very colorful. vibrant cliks :)

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      11. looks gorgeous...very tempting..

        lovely space..happy to follow u..:)
        do stop by mine sometime..

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      12. These kabobs look perfect! Definitely going to try them soon!

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      13. The kebab looks perfectly done and the rice looks so pretty :-)

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