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Somali Style Rice : Surbiyaan

Surbiyaan is a popular Somali rice dish and it is every ones favorite. In this recipe I have used chicken paired with basmati rice, which is a must for this recipe. The rice is soaked, and boiled with water half way. Then the rice finished cooking with the chicken sauce which includes blend of spices such as cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, cloves, which give the dish an amazing flavor and fragrant.Then it is garnished with sauteed onion and raisin.

2013-08-12 08:15:30

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Ingredients

6 pieces chicken (Thighs & Legs )
3 cups basmati rice
5 cardamom pods, crushed
2 black cardamom
2 cinnamon sticks
5 peppercorn
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves
2 teaspoons cumin, powder
1 teaspoon ginger, powder
2 teaspoons coriander powder
1 teaspoon paprika/red pepper
2 teaspoon cilantro, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1 cup yogurt
1/2 lemon
two medium tomatoes, chopped

Instructions

Clean and soak the rice with water and let it rest of 30 minutes.
Fry the chicken with the oil until brown, add cardamom, black cardamom, cinnamon sticks, cloves, pepper corn.
Add onions saute until brown then add garlic add tomatoes .
Add the yogurt when tomatoes are tender.
Then add the juice of a lemon, cumin, ginger, coriander, paprika and the cilantro.
Let it simmer while covered on a medium heat until boil and then lower the heat for 10- 15 minutes.
In another saucepan add the rice in boiling water cook until the rice is half done.
Drain and add the rice to the chicken sauce and cook until the rice is tender on a medium heat covered, add the garnish.

For garnish

3 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon food coloring
1/2 cup raisins
1 onion, sliced
Heat the oil over medium heat, add the onion and fry until nice and brown. Add the raisins and cook until they puff up.
Add this mixture over rice, add the food coloring on one side.

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Amal says:

April 14, 2011 at 5:09 pm

Would it be weird if I used chicken breast (boneless) for this recipe?
- admin says:
  
  April 15, 2011 at 3:26 am
  
  You can use chicken breast it is fine, it is a lot healthier.
Ifrah says:

June 4, 2011 at 12:30 am

I love your website, it looks so professional and well designed. However it would be so much more appreciated if you had videos that can guide people better ( I.e those who are more of visual learners or can't read instruction well). I love what your are doing... Please keep it up!
- admin says:
  
  June 4, 2011 at 3:53 am
  
  Thanks for your kind words, maybe Insha Allah in the future I will add videos.
rose says:

July 7, 2011 at 2:22 pm

Please how much tomatoes
- mysomalifood says:
  
  July 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm
  
  Rose
  two medium tomatoes,
rose says:

July 7, 2011 at 3:50 pm

how much tomatoesplease
Hayat says:

July 19, 2011 at 2:05 pm

I made this it is so tasty.
amina says:

July 27, 2011 at 11:31 pm

walal adoo mahadsan ma taqan sida lo sameyo NAFAQO ama batatiga dhexda ukunta ama hilibka shidan laga galiyo?

mahadsanid
- mysomalifood says:
  
  July 29, 2011 at 7:49 am
  
  Amina wili maan kudarin halkan laakiin waxaad ka heli kartaa halkan sida loosameeyo nafaqo,
  http://www.somalirecipes.com/2009/09/potato-stuffed-with-egg-nafaqo.html
Samira says:

July 31, 2011 at 4:19 am

Salam, I like your new website, but I loved the other the one better, it had that warm feeling...... Is that time of the year again where I look at your website to learn new things and get some insperations.... I was just at your sister's house yesterday and she cooked my mum and I Lamb Surbiyaan and it was delicious..... you guys are gifted with your cooking skills.... Everytime I attemp this it looks and taste more like Biryaani then Surbiyaan... I'll keep practising!!! ;o)
- mysomalifood says:
  
  July 31, 2011 at 7:52 am
  
  Asalamu Alaikum Samira,
  Many thanks for your feed back.
jijaa says:

November 12, 2011 at 4:43 pm

What kind of yogurt is needed ??
- mysomalifood says:
  
  November 12, 2011 at 5:31 pm
  
  Hi,
  Full/whole fat yogurt.
Fathia says:

December 28, 2011 at 7:45 am

Thank you so much, you made really easy.

and I am a person who never cooks, and I have made this dish. :)
Amiira says:

January 16, 2012 at 9:42 am

Salaam walal.

Thanks for showing us, how we can. Really I'm learning something from you, and I'm a person who want to learn something new.

Waxan ka codsanayaa hade suragaltahy ina dosha di somalia lagu samenjiray ama dolsha somali, ina nogu so darto sida losameyo tas aya iga maqan runti onan jeclan laha inan sameyo, thanks.
by amiira from Norway!