Yemeni Mandi

Submitted By: Golden Recipes Staff

Jordanian style

AlMandi is originally from Yemen, it's one of the most lovable recipes in Yemen especially in Hadhramaut (one of Yemen countryside), the main ingredients are chicken, rice and carrots, our recipe is belong to Jordanian style, it's simply delicious, enjoy!

TIMING

PREP TIME : [10] Min
COOK TIME : [75] Min
READY IN : [85] Min

SERVES : [ 4 ] People

INGREDIENTS

1 whole chicken, cut into serving pieces
2 1/2 cups of basmati rice
1/4 cup grated carrots
3 tablespoons mandi spices
1 small green bell pepper, seedless & chopped
2 pieces of dry lemons
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup of Almond ( for garnishing )
4 cups of water
Aluminum foil
1 medium piece Coal
salt to taste

PREPARATION

In a cooking pot combine chicken, salt, 1 1/2 tablespoons of mandi spices and one piece of dry lemons, stirring well then cover cooking pot using aluminum foil.
Heat oven for 165 Celsius, place cooking pot for nearly 45 minutes until the chicken is cooked. Keep watching chicken from time to time and add 1/2 cups of warm water if chicken sauce evaporated.
Wash rice then overflow it with warm water, letting it soak for 20 minutes before draining it
In another cooking pot combine 2 1/2 cups of water, grated carrots, green bell pepper and one piece of dry lemons bringing it to boil
Drain rice then Add salt and 1 1/2 tablespoons of mandi spices then add to the carrots and green bell pepper stirring well and cook over low heat for 10 minutes
Put olive oil in a small plate then make hole in the middle of rice and Place chicken over rice
Place plate in the hole and Put burning coal inside the olive oil plate. Close cooker immediately allowing smoke to come out to hit rice & chicken.
Take out the olive oil plate after 7 minutes and perpare a large serving platter and firstly place rice then chicken
Garnish with almond and serve

Reviewed on 26-10-2008 by asb

What are: Mandi Spices Bukhari rice spices Kindly provide me with the recipes to make these spice mixes at home. With many thanks.

Reviewed on 27-10-2008 by Golden Recipes Staff

For Mandi spices you need equal amount of crushed cardamom, crushed black pepper , crushed cumin, coriander, crushed khlongan (Alpinia galanga) and crushed turmeric. then added little wood cloves. The total should be 3 tablespoons for all spices.

Reviewed on 8-3-2009 by mehboobkhans

give me receipt with how to prepare the madi and bukhari rice thanks

Reviewed on 12-3-2009 by Alaa @ Golden Recipes Staff

Hello mehboobkhans,

The Mandi recipe is up and for the bukhari rice please check this link

http://www.golden-recipes.com/free-cooking-food-Bukhari-Rice-Recipe.html

Reviewed on 31-8-2009 by sayyed faqir muhammed harun

I forgot to make mandi in my homestyle which is from yemen. could you please provide me the recipe in my e-mail Reviewed on 5-9-2009 by nik rahman

I like this recipe and once a week, We went to yemani restoren in Dubai to have Mandi Rice. Please send the recipe to my email and please provide me the video if available "How to make Mandi Rice" Thanks Best Regards, Nik Rahman From Malaysia.

Reviewed on 15-9-2009 by alfie

can you please email me the chicken mandi yemenian style..?? i miss it so much, n hope to cook it by myself soon.. thanks in advance..

Reviewed on 26-11-2009 by Khaled

You say: 5. Drain rice then Add salt and 1 1/2 tablespoons of mandi spices then add to the carrots and green bell pepper stirring well and cook over low heat for 10 minutes So, I'm adding rice with the carrots and green pepper and cooking it on low heat for 10 minutes? 6.Put olive oil in a small plate then make hole in the middle of rice and Place chicken over rice So, chicken is firstly placed over the rice on the sides and the hole is in the middle?

Reviewed on 1-12-2009 by Alaa @ Golden Recipes Staff

Yes Khaled the rice on the sides and the hole is in the middle, thanks

Reviewed on 8-12-2009 by amanda Salamalicon! I am very interested in learning how to cook arabic/yemenese food. See my husband is from yemen and I am american. Do you have any more recipes that you could email me? My husband works from 6 am to 11 pm and I would love to surprise him with meals from his own homeland at the end of his long days. Please if you can help me I would be forever grateful to you! Thank you so much! Reviewed on 14-3-2010 by shukoor k a

I AM AN iNDIAN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW FROM WHERE CAN I BUY MANDI SPICE FROM DUBAI

Reviewed on 24-3-2010 by salma al qathab

thank you we like it

Reviewed on 21-4-2010 by idris

really interesting ....... i hav to tr it home

Reviewed on 26-6-2010 by tuba

i want to know the mandi spices what to be added in the spice to make mandi and to prepare without the oven please full details how to prepare mandi

Reviewed on 26-6-2010 by tuba

i want to know the mandi spices what to be added in the spice to make mandi and to prepare without the oven please full details how to prepare mandi

Reviewed on 5-7-2010 by michael gomez

i need the recipe for mandi spices.

Reviewed on 11-7-2010 by Zulfa

This dish is so delicious. We had it for lunch in Dubai and everyone loved it. Please send me the authentic Yemeni Mandi recipe to my email. If possible not the Jordanian style. Thanks

Reviewed on 11-7-2010 by abdulaziz

pls. send me the recipe of madbi. i want to try it on my own. thanks...may Allah guide us always.

Reviewed on 7-8-2010 by nizar

assalamualikum,can u mail to me how to make a real yemeni mandhi in simple way

Reviewed on 26-8-2010 by nyla

please could you send me the recipe for mandi spices.

Reviewed on 3-10-2010 by jalil agha

I live in Pakistan. All ingredients related to mundi spice are available here except Khlangan and wood cloves.What are these and is there a substitute for them. Can we use regullar cloves instead. Please advice

Reviewed on 2-12-2010 by um yusuf

thanks for posting this great food. please could you send me the recipe for mandi spices. waiting to hear and see from u more and more

Reviewed on 21-12-2010 by sophie

Assalamualikum pleas could send me what is the spice of mendi in detal. Thank You.

Reviewed on 22-12-2010 by Mohammed Mudasir Ahmed

This dish is so delicious. We had it for lunch in Dubai and everyone loved it. Please send me the authentic Yemeni Mandi recipe to my email. If possible not the Jordanian style. Thanks

Reviewed on 4-1-2011 by Aman

I'm confused when it gets to the point of making a hole in the rice. Do I actually put a burning coal inside the rice and chicken? Wouldn't that make it inedible? Or am I missing something? Please clarify that. Thanks

Reviewed on 26-7-2011 by RAEES AH

iwant to know the mandi spice what to be added in the spice to make mandi and to prepaire without the oven plese fulldetails how to prepare mandi,thank you

Reviewed on 25-8-2011 by anwar

Asalam.can any body give me exactly recipe of yemen mandi and what are mandi spices? i never try people says its delicius iam yemen born in africa iam missing somthing thanks

Reviewed on 20-9-2011 by belen

i need egyptian mandi recipe. thanks

Reviewed on 3-11-2011 by aurm

plz give me some reciped 4re rice

Reviewed on 13-1-2012 by SABIHA

2TB CARDAMON 1TB GINGER POWDER 4 BAY LEAVES 2 tsp BLACK PEPPERCORN 1 NUTMEG Mandi spices......grind together

Reviewed on 14-1-2012 by salwa

hi,this dish is delicious....please can u send me the recipe in yemen style

Reviewed on 26-1-2012 by Katy

hello, I'm doing about foods from different countries for my ict coursework, would it be possible to use your picture? email me please.

Reviewed on 26-1-2012 by katy

Hello, I'm doing about foods from different countries for my ict coursework, would it be possible to use your picture? email me please.

Reviewed on 14-2-2012 by hafidh said

salam alaykum,iam very very intrested to know how to prepare it,iwas trying to prepared but i didnt get the real test of madi may be iwas fail to mix the madi spice or to prepared it can you please send the video clips on my email?my real daut is on puting the the pleat into the rice and putting chakol