ASIAN CUISINE

Hello ladies and gents this is the viking telling you that today we are going to the great country of

Qatar

Qatar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic: دولة قطر‎ Dawlat Qatar), is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Whether the sovereign state should be regarded as a constitutional or an absolute monarchy is disputed. Its sole land border is with neighbouring Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchy Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. An arm of the Persian Gulf separates Qatar from the nearby Bahrain.

In early 2017, Qatar's total population was 2.6 million: 313,000 Qatari citizens and 2.3 million expatriates. Islam is the official religion of Qatar. The country has the highest per capita income in the world. Qatar is classified by the UN as a country of very high human development and is widely regarded as the most advanced Arab state for human development. Qatar is a high-income economy, backed by the world's third-largest natural gas reserves and oil reserves

MACHBOOS 

Ingredients 

Serves: 4 

1 tablespoon curry powder, medium or hot

3 bay leaves

1 tablespoon paprika

4 cardamom pods

4 cloves

5 black peppercorns

1/4 tablespoon crushed dried lemon

1 cinnamon stick, broken into a few pieces

4 teaspoons cooking oil

1 large onion, chopped

2 cloves fresh garlic, finely chopped

4 fresh tomatoes, chopped

2 chicken stock cubes

1 whole skinned chicken, cut up

700ml water

390g basmati rice, washed in water a few times

Method

1. Mix the curry powder, bay leaves, paprika, cardamom, cloves, black peppercorns, crushed dried lemon and cinnamon stick into a small bowl.
2. Add the cooking oil to a frying pan and fry the onions on medium heat. As the onions are almost half way to becoming brown, add the bowl of spices to the onions and mix together well.
3. After approximately 1 minute, add the chopped garlic. Once the onions are brown, add the tomatoes, chicken stock cubes and chicken. Fry the chicken until its fully sealed. Continue to fry the chicken for about 4 minutes on medium heat after the meat is sealed.
4. Add the water, stir well and simmer until the chicken is no longer pink at the centre, stirring every few minutes. Taste the juice and add salt accordingly.
5. Once the meat is fully cooked, and enough salt added, add the rice. Bring it up to the boil, stir it every 2 minutes for approximately 5 minutes. Then turn the gas down to the lowest flame possible, put a lid on and allow it to slowly simmer, stirring every 3 minutes. As the rice is cooking, the water will slowly disappear.
6. When you can see the water is almost completely gone, taste the rice to see if its fully cooked. If the rice is still not fully cooked, add a little drop of water, allow it to cook further. Taste again, and continue this process until the rice is fully cooked (carefully add a little water at a time to avoid soggy rice)
7. Once the rice is fully cooked then it's simply a case of just serving and enjoying!

And now im hungry i hope you liked this post and as always have a chilled day from the viking.