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2 cups short-grain Egyptian rice ½ cup basmati rice 2 medium eggplants 1 liter cold water 1 tablespoon salt Plenty of oil for frying 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 cinnamon stick 4 bay leaves 4 cardamom pods 1 chicken weighing at least 1200 grams, cut into four pieces 1 ½ liters boiling water 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon chicken broth powder or cube ½ teaspoon plain or sweet spice or Chinese kebab ½ teaspoon mixed spices or seven spices ½ teaspoon black pepper ½ teaspoon cinnamon and ½ teaspoon turmeric To prepare: Place the rice in a bowl and cover it with warm water. Leave it to soak for half an hour. Peel the eggplants and cut them lengthwise into slices. Soak them in cold water with salt for 15 minutes ((to get rid of the bitterness and to make the eggplant soft and not able to absorb oil)) Dry it well from water and fry it in hot oil until it becomes golden on both sides. Set aside. In a pot, put olive oil, onion, cinnamon, bay leaf and cardamom. Stir well for a minute, then add the chicken pieces, leaving the skin down. Stir until golden, then cover them with boiling water and add salt. Cover the pot and leave it on medium heat for 30 minutes. Then add the powdered chicken broth and remove the chicken pieces from the broth. Strain the rice and add all the spices to it and stir well. In the upside-down pot, arrange the chicken pieces, leaving the skin down, then put the fried eggplant pieces. Add the seasoned rice and press well with your hand. Add the broth over the rice from one side until it covers the rice by 1 cm ((You can filter the broth if you do not want the onions)) Leave it on high heat, covered, for five minutes until it absorbs all the liquid on the surface, then reduce the heat to the lowest degree and leave it for a quarter of an hour. Turn it over and serve with yogurt and salad ----------------------------------- Subscribe to Foodccine channel: http://bit.ly/FoodccineYT We always present to you the best recipes and amazing dishes in short, quick videos ----------------------------------- Follow us on: Our website: https://www.foodccine.com/ Facebook: / foodccine Twitter: / foodccine Instagram: / foodccine TikTok: / foodccine ----------------------------------- #Foodccine #Foodccine #International_recipes