Ziresh Pilau

So, I make this quite often in my kitchen, primarily because I want my little ones to eat and my little ones eat this with absolutely no fuss at all. Secondly, because its super easy and takes minimum effort to make, and thirdly (the reason I am sharing this) - it's good for you!!!

My favourite 3 spices are: cinnamon, turmeric and ginger. They are all anti inflammatory and support your immune system during the winter months. Not only this, they act like antioxidants in our body and support so many bodily processes. All these 3 spices are present in this dish!

In addition to this, it's cooked with onions and garlic which are sulphur vegetables which help support our detox pathways and help make our super antioxidant, glutathione.

You serve this dish with rice sprinkled with barberries. Barberries are also full of antioxidants which help support our immune system and help scavenge free radicles - especially good during these winter months whilst we try and avoid colds and flus. It also has saffron added which is a natural anti depressant and can help during the colder months. I use ghee in this recipe, ghee is clarified butter which is full of butyrate - a prebiotic helping to feed your good bacteria, which in turn help keep you healthy ...

Ingredients

• one large chicken cut into 8 pieces

• 2-3 onions sliced

• one garlic bulb (approx 6-8 kernels crushed)

• thumb size piece of ginger grated

• one cinnamon stick

• 1 tsp of turmeric powder

• 2 bay leafs

• salt to taste

Literally just put all those ingredients in a dish and cover with water and let it simmer on the stove (with NO lid) for about 90 minutes or until you have about 1 cups worth of liquid left in the pan and the chicken is falling off the bone.

To make the ziresh (barberries) wash 1/2 a cup of barberries under cold water. Add this to a pan with one teaspoon of ghee, one tablespoon of honey and a pinch of saffron thread. Leave it to simmer for a few minutes until all the liquid has been absorbed.

Serve with rice.