Jarish

Ingredients

 1whole chicken

2 cups jreesh, “ground wheat”

1/4 kg egyptian rice

1  liter milk

1  tablespoon butter

1 onion, finely chopped

1 chicken broth cubes, Maggi

1  tablespoon cumin

Pepper

Salt

For Decoration

1  onion, chopped

Cooking method according to shahiya.com

1- Wash Jarish once only. Drain and keep aside

2-Boil chicken until it is well cooked, drain and leave aside. Reserve chicken broth.

3-In a cooking pan, fry half of the chopped onions with butter until they turn golden, then add the reserved chicken broth, chicken broth cube, Jarish, rice and salt and add water to cover all.

4-Leave covered on medium heat for an hour, stir every now and then.

5-After cooking for an hour, add milk, white pepper and cumin and leave on low heat for 2 to 3 hours while stirring every little while, until you feel it is well cooked and well mixed.

6- For Chicken: You can thread chicken into very small pieces and add to Jarish before you remove it from heat, Or fry chicken pieces and serve them on top of Jarish in the serving plate.

H.Zoghib