Chicken Saloona from Qatar

 Saloona is a meat stew typical from Middle East, here I present to you the recipe from Qatar.

Chicken is the most popular ingredient for the Saloona, but lamb meat can also be used and there is also a vegetarian version.

It is said that the dish has a Bedouin origin. It is very often consumed in Ramadan.

Ingredients:

- 3 cinnamon sticks.

- 4 green cardamom seeds.

- 3 dried lemons.

- 6 cloves.

- 2 onions.

- 1 teaspoon garlic.

- 1 kg chicken.

- 2 tomatos.

- 2 teaspoon ground coriander.

- 1 teaspoon turmeric.

- 3 teaspoon Arabian masala.

- Salt.

- Oil.

- 300 g potatoes.

- 300 g zuchinni.

- 2 carrots.

Method:

1- Put some oil in a casserole, add the cinnamon, cardamom, dry lemon and cloves, Heat until you smell the scent of the spices.

2- Cut the onions and sautée until it gets golden.

3- Add the garlic and the chicken (in pieces), cook for 5 or 6 minutes.

4- Cut the tomatos into pieces, add to the casserole and cook for 5 or 6 minutes with the lid on.

5- Add coriander, turmeric, salt and Arabian masala, mix well and cook for some more minutes.

6-  Cut potatoes, zuchinni and carrots into pieces, add them to the casserole , add also two glasses of water and cook for 40 minutes with the lid on.

7- To know if the potato is well done, use a knife as you see in the photo.

8- Use rice as a side dish.

Chicken Saloona

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