Chicken Sauce with Potatoes (Sanunat Dijaaj) — صانونة دجاج
July 27, 2010 by lamyaalmas
Whenever my mother would ask me what I wanted for lunch, it was ALMOST always this sauce with white rice.
1) whole chicken cut in 4 pieces, or 8 if you so desire
2) 2 medium potatoes quartered
3) 1 medium onion finely minced
4) 2 cloves of garlic minced
5) 1 green chillie pepper grated
6) 2 tblsp of finely chopped cilantro
7) 2-3 tblsp of Oilive Oil
8) 1 tsp of ground cumin
9) 3/4 tsp of ground coriander
10) 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon
11) 1/4 tsp curry powder
12) a couple of cardamon pods
13) 1 tblsp of tomato paste
14) Salt to taste
Place a pot under medium heat, add the olive oil and onions and potatoes and sautee until the onions are golden brown. Add the chicken and garlic and let cook until the water from the chicken dries out. Add the spices–cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cardamon, and curry powder–and the the green chillie and let the flavors marry for about 3 minutes.
Add about 2 cups of boiling water to cover the chicken entirely, then cover the pot and let boil until the chicken and potatoes cooked through. Will take about 4-5 minutes. Add the salt and tomato paste and let simmer until the sauce thickens and the oil rises to the surface.
Garnish with finely chopped cilantro. Serve hot with white rice.
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A Yemeniyah's Recipes 
Assalamu alaikum,
Just yesterday I cooked a Pakistani dish (chicken korma), which looks exactly like you have in your picture! :) The ingredients are also nearly the same – we just use plain youghurt instead of tomatoes paste and add also some coconut powder. :)
Laila
Wa Alaikum Assalam Laila–
Nice to hear from you Laila :)
Hmmm, never tried to put yoghurt instead of tomato paste–this is how we make it in Yemen. But I will sure try it one of these days and tell you how it turns out insha Allah.
Assalamu alaikum, I just sent my husband to buy a whole chicken so that we can try this because absolutely adores yemeni food. I will let you know how it turns out inshaAllaah.
Jazaaki Allaahu khayraa for the beautiful site, I already tried your حنيذ recipe and it was delicious. Although there seems to be a problem seeing the picture, just the error tag shows.
Thank you in advance, I’m sure this recipe will be good. It looks delicious.
It was delicious sis. Had a bit of trouble getting the sauce to thicken but once it was, it was beautiful, shukran.
I am cooking it now. I think I put way to much water! I hope it thickens up! I cooked your chicken zurbian it was great, Thank you! I am not good in the kitchen so without measurements I added too much water for this recipe. I need specific directions. Do you mind adding the measurements for the water please? Thank you.so much for all the sharing you do!
Hello Maleka,
Did it thicken up? I’ll put the measurement for the water In Sha’ Allah. If you put too much water then add a little more tomato paste and let it reduce under medium heat to the desired consistency.
Lamya