Saudi Quail Kabsa

Ingredients

  • 2 cup Basmati rice
  • 1 tablespoon kabsa spices
  • 1 cup grated carrots
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 red chili
  • 8 quail, cleaned and cut in quarters
  • Salt, to taste
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 3 dried lemons
  • 5 cloves
  • 5 cardamom
  • 1 liter of water (approx.)
  • ½ cup of oil & 1 spoon margarin
Marinating Quail
  • Prepare mashed garlic, white ground pepper, vinegar, oil, 5 cardamoms, 1 spoon of tomato sauce, lemon slices, 1⁄2 cup of oil.
  • Mix all these ingredients together in a container.
  • Soak quail in the mixture for two hours.

Instructions

  • Heat oil and quail in cooker.
  • Add dried lemon, cardamom, and cloves
  • Stir and add carrots, and keep stirring.
  • Add raisins, turmeric, spices, chicken broth, water, and salt.
  • Stir until water has boiled, then add rice, and stir as it boils.
  • Cover cooker and keep over a low heat for 15 minutes
  • Put the quail (on tray) inside the oven, increasing heat to 180 degrees over 20 minutes.
  • When both rice and quail are cooked, serve along side a bowl of cucumber yoghurt

 

Add raisins to taste.Marinating

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