Shish Tawook And Yellow Spiced Rice

I get you today an oriental dish that is very light,healthy and easy too.Shish Tawook is in essence grilled chicken thighs cut into cubes with grilled vegetables presented with white or yellow spiced rice. It is all about marination(elttbela),the only work you need to do is to marinate the chicken thighs in yoghurt mix and you'll get the best tender & juicy grilled chicken ever.


Ingredients:(Shish Tawook)

1 kilo chicken thighs cut into cubes
1cup plain yoghurt 
4 tablespoons ketchup
4 tablespoons olive oil.
1 lemon juice (large)
1 galic clove(minced)
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3 large tomatos cut into cubes
3 large bell pepper (felfel romy)cut into squares
2 onions cut into cubes
wooden scewers socked in water


Directions

Mix  yoghurt with ketchup,olive oil,lemon juice,garlic,salt and black pepper in a bowl then add the chicken live it in marination over night or at least  for half an hour ,In a scewer put a piece of  onion then apice of chicken then a piece of  pepper then a piece of tomato. Repeat with the rest of chicken and vegetables. grill it on a barbeque grill or in the oven (I sometimes put them over a baking tray in the oven  )200deg C  for 30 min. then turn it over when it is golden brown then leave it for extra 15 min.
Serve it with yellow rice (recipe follows)

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Ingredients:

2 Cup basmati rice  
3 Cups water chicken or meat stock (maraka-shorba)
3 Teaspoons tumeric powder(corcom) 
3 Coves (oronfel-mesmar)
3 Cardemom seeds(7bhan- heel)
1 onion (preferably white)
2 bay leaves (lawra- ghar)
2 cinnamon sticks(cerfa)
2 Tablespoons Ghee or butter or vegetable oil
1/2 tablesoon salt


Directions
Prepare the rice by putting it in  a bowel  cover it with tape water and stir it with a tablespoon for a couple of times then remove the starchy liguid formed , repeat for 3 extra times and drain.You can either sock it for 15 min. in tape water then drain it. Cut onion into small squares and set aside. Put a cooking pan over heat (on the cooker)add ghee and onion till it became yellow& translusent.Add spices (cloves,bayleave,cinnamon stick,cardimom and tumaric powder) stir for  2 seconds then add rice stir it for a while the add water.Add salt and stir leave it on high it until water boils and reduces to barely cover rice then transfer it to very very low heat cover it and leave it for half an hour.Present as side dish with shish Tawook .