Ellen Brown
Well-Known Member
I've been making Middle Eastern Kabsa for years and finally I got some Saffron!
Having leftover Kabsa tonight. Why does food taste better the second time around? Good recipes are on the Internet. Don't be cheap, get some Saffron. $15 worth of it will season 2 or 3 batches of it. I like the Saudi Recipe. Next time I may do Goat Kabsa?
It is easy to cook but you need all the spices. It took me a week to find them, being faithful to the recipe. I didn't do any substitutions this time around. The Butter, Onion and Garlic were easy to do, thought this time I forgot and over did the onions.
You could probably use breast, but I used dark meat. Saudis just throw in a whole cut up Chicken. I used canned Tomato Paste and cut up and roasted Tomato. When I threw in all the spices, I wondered what would happen? I half expected an explosion of flame. I was lazy and used a shredder to do the Carrots.
Then came the rice and water and raisins. Standing there wondering... I can't smell because I only have half a nose internally. My girlfriend said it smelled devine.
The Middle Easterners spread it on a big platter, then put romaine lettuce on top with some Lime Vinaigrette. Oops, I forgot to add Lime to the Vinaigrette.
Yummmm !!!
Having leftover Kabsa tonight. Why does food taste better the second time around? Good recipes are on the Internet. Don't be cheap, get some Saffron. $15 worth of it will season 2 or 3 batches of it. I like the Saudi Recipe. Next time I may do Goat Kabsa?
It is easy to cook but you need all the spices. It took me a week to find them, being faithful to the recipe. I didn't do any substitutions this time around. The Butter, Onion and Garlic were easy to do, thought this time I forgot and over did the onions.
You could probably use breast, but I used dark meat. Saudis just throw in a whole cut up Chicken. I used canned Tomato Paste and cut up and roasted Tomato. When I threw in all the spices, I wondered what would happen? I half expected an explosion of flame. I was lazy and used a shredder to do the Carrots.
Then came the rice and water and raisins. Standing there wondering... I can't smell because I only have half a nose internally. My girlfriend said it smelled devine.
The Middle Easterners spread it on a big platter, then put romaine lettuce on top with some Lime Vinaigrette. Oops, I forgot to add Lime to the Vinaigrette.
Yummmm !!!