Kabsa is an Arabic recipe. Its very tasty, almost like our biryani but not spicy.

Ingredients:

Basmati rice                             : 2 cups
Green chillies                           : 2 long
Tomatoes                                  : 2 nos
Bay leaves                                : 2
Cinnamon                                 : 2 sticks
Cloves                                      : 2 nos
Garlic                                       : 2 cloves
Onion                                       : 1 sliced
Chilli pdr                                  : 1 tbsp
Turmeric pdr                            : a pinch
Maggie chicken cube               : 1 
Dried lemon                             : 1
Salt to taste
Cardamom                               : 3
Oil as required


For Chicken grill

Chicken legs                             : 2 pcs
Yoghurt                                     : 1 tbsp
Turmeric pdr                             : a pinch
Green chilli                               : 1
Ginger                                       : a small pc
Garlic                                        : 1 clove
Salt to taste
Pepper pdr                                : 1/2 tsp


Method: 

Grind green chilli, garlic and ginger to a paste.. Mix this paste with yoghurt, salt, pepper and turmeric pdr and marinate the chicken legs with this paste for 1 hour.

Slice the onion. Grind the tomatoes and make a puree.
Slit the green chillies and chop the garlic.
Soak basmati rice for 10 mins.
Heat oil(2 tbsp approx) in a kadai and fry the spices( cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaf) for 10 secs. Then add the garlic, onion and the green chillies and saute it. Now add the tomato puree and mix well.
Add salt, turmeric pdr and chilli pdr. saute for a few seconds.  Add the rice along with 3 and a half cups water.  Add the chicken stock cube and dry lemon to this, mix well. Then transfer this to a rice cooker and cook it.

Grill the marinated chicken and serve along with the rice.