Lunch & dinner

Joojeh kabab with saffron rice and shirazi salad

  • Lunch & dinner
  • Persian & Afghan
  • 35 min hands-on
  • Halal

Ingredients

One standard portion

  • 80g halal chicken breast
  • 85g basmati rice (dry weight)
  • 15g olive oil (3 tsp)
  • 30g Greek yoghurt for the marinade
  • 80g tomatoes
  • 80g cucumber
  • 20g onion

Season as the method describes. Spices, salt, lemon and water aren’t weighed or counted below.

Per portion

Calories
619kcal
Protein
37g
Carbs
75g
Fat
19g

Added up from each ingredient’s typical values per 100g. A standard portion is this meal’s share of a 2,000 kcal day.

Method

  1. Marinate the chicken in yoghurt, saffron, onion and lemon; skewer and grill twelve minutes.

  2. Cook the rice and stir a little bloomed saffron through.

  3. Dice the tomato, cucumber and onion with lemon, mint and the oil.

In a plan

This is one of the dishes our plans cook from, and plans serve it for lunch or dinner, or as the iftar meal in Ramadan. There, the halal chicken breast, basmati rice (dry weight) and olive oil are weighed out to your own numbers; everything else stays as written.

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General guidance, not medical advice. Please check with your doctor if you have a medical condition, are pregnant, or are new to exercise. Check every ingredient against your own allergies.