Ingredients
- • 2 Whole breasts of chicken,
- • -cut into 1-in cubes
- • 1 md Onion, sliced thick
- • 1 tb Cognac or arak
- • 1/2 ts Pepper
- • 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
- • 1/4 ts Ground turmeric
- • 1 ts Salt
Instructions
- Mix everything together & marinate at room temperature for a minimum of 1 hour or preferably in refrigerator overnight.
- Put 4 or 5 cubes of chicken, without onion, on each metal skewers and broil over charcoal for 10 or 15 mins or in a gas or electric broiler. Serve hot w/Afghan bread (Noni Afghan -- see AFGHAN.019), salad, & pickles. Serve 4 or 5.
- NOTE: My Afghan mentor related that turmeric was much used in Afghanistan in many ways & had a great reputation for its health-giving properties. It is reputed to cleanse blood, & a little turmeric in ones morning milk would a day of good health.
