Timman bagilla
Timman bagilla, from above
Non vegIraq

Timman bagilla

Dill rice with broad beans and spiced chicken. Baghdad's green spring rice.

90 minTime
41 gProtein each
mildSpice
Dill and beans2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayDill rice with broad beans, cooked in chicken or lamb broth.
The original
667kcalsame
41 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
90minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Basmati rice2 cups, soaked 30 minutes
Cooked fava beans (fava beans)300 g shelled broad beans
Dill leaves1 bunch, chopped
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1 kg
Onion1 large, chopped
Baharat1½ tsp
Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp
Dried lime1 dried lime, pierced
Cardamom½ tsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp
Ghee2 tbsp
Saltto taste
Water4 cups

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Brown the chicken in oil with onion, baharat and turmeric. Add water, loomi and salt and simmer until cooked through.
  2. 2Lift out the chicken and keep warm. Measure 3 1/2 cups broth back into the pot.
  3. 3Add the drained rice, broad beans, dill and cardamom. Boil until the liquid is level with the rice, then cover and cook on low.
  4. 4Drizzle with ghee, cover with a towel wrapped lid and steam on the lowest heat.
  5. 5Mound on a platter with the chicken on top.
Serve it like this

Mound the green rice on a platter and set the chicken on top. Yoghurt and salad on the side.

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What goes with Timman bagilla: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

On the side Mast o khiar10 min
On the side Avial35 min
To drink Kokum sharbat25 min
Something sweet Kleicha90 min
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