Chicken Maqlooba-Arabic Biryani

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Chicken Maqlooba is a quite popular good food in Saudi Arabia and is available in many food restaurants. It contains the delicious biryani rice cooked in the middle eastern spices and served along with the chicken.

Chicken maqlooba
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I visited this local restaurant which is popular for the Arab food in my community. We ordered the chicken maqlooba and decided to eat the food in the restaurant (Cost 26 SAR: 7US$). The seating option for diners was available on the first floor in a traditional Arabic seating arrangement.

Traditional seating arrangement
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Seating Cubicles for Diners
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The taste of biryani rice was delicious with variety of colors and sweet aroma. The crispy fried onion was laid on the top of the rice along with green chilli to enhance the rice flavors. Tomato chutney was also served with the rice. The quantity of food was sufficient for two servings.

Overhead view of Chicken Maqlooba with tomato chutney
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Cooked chicken in Maqlooba
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Thanks for sharing so many beautiful and healthy foods with us. Many of us want to go to Saudi Arabia for Hajj. If Allah ever goes, I will definitely eat this Birani.

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Thanks for such a nice comment brother @Aslam_hossain In sha Allah soon you will perform Hajj along with your family and taste the Arab food.

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What a detailed post @fasi6083

This meal looks yummy and delicious @fasi6083

Thanks for sharing this beautiful post with us here on connect.

Best regards.

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Thanks for the comment @Austinelewex the meal was indeed tasty and heavy. The taste of spices made the rice even more delicious.

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I liked the seating arrangement that looks confined and comfortable.

Is it compulsory throughout KSA or just this restaurant?

Nice photos and the dish looks yummy as well @fasi6083

~Greetings from New Delhi

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In majority of restaurants offering Arab food, locals prefer the traditional majlis seating style but dining tables along with the chairs will also be there for customers who prefer sitting on :chair: @TusharSuradkar . The food was delicious, the rice was somewhat similar to biryani rice from Hyderabad, :india:

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I have tried this food with a drink called Labung in Saudi Arabia couple of years ago while i was travelling the holy places in Saudi Arabia @fasi6083

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It looks delicious, in Indonesia there is biryani rice but the rice is used in different types, one day I want to eat biryani rice from its home country. Thank you @fasi6083 brother for sharing about chicken biryani rice

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Thanks for the comment @AbdullahAM Yes you are correct the dish goes well with the local laban (buttermilk).

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Thanks for the comment sister @AnikSetyawati Iam glad you like the post. More than 70% of Basmati rice is produced in India and it’s neighboring countries. India tops in exporting ~50% of Basmati rice around the world.

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In Indonesia Basmati rice some sell it, but the price is very expensive compared to local rice, maybe because it was imported from India so the price is expensive

Thanks @fasi6083 brother for your information

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