Today for some reason I got thinking about its lentil rice which was my favorite with lamb shanks.
I cooked similar rice with lots of dry fruits and chicken drumsticks
Persian jeweled rice ( rice with lots of dry fruits)
Ingredients
1. 6-8 chicken drumsticks
2. 1 tablespoon each of olive oil and canola oil
3. 1 medium large red onion chopped fine
4. 1 teaspoon grated garlic
5. 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste, saffron
6. 1 tablespoon each of chopped walnuts, dates, cranberries, raisins, almond, chopped mint
7. 1 large carrot cut into match sticks
8. 1 lemon squeezed for juice
9. 1/2 cup lentils
10. 2 1/2 cup basmati rice
In a pan heat the oil and fry the onions on low flame for 10 minutes. Add ginger and ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add drumsticks and fry for 10 minutes. Add 1 cup hot rice and cover and cook for 30 minutes
Add 1 cup hot water to lentils
After do minutes take the chicken out of the pan and add the rest of the ingredients and cover and cook for 20-30 minutes. Until the rice is cooked. Add the chicken back to the pot and enjoy.
