Barberry rice with chicken (Zereshk polo morgh)

Ingredients:

Rice needs:
Rice 4 cups
Oil
Salt
Flat bread or potato slices

Barberry needs:
Barberry 1 cup
Sugar 1 Tbsp
Saffron powder ¼ tsp (soak in ¼ cup hot water for a couple of hours)
Butter or margarine ¼ stick

Chicken needs:
Chicken 8 pieces (you may cut a whole medium size chicken into 8 pieces or use 8 drum sticks)
Onion 1 small
Garlic 4 cloves
Tomato paste ½ Tbsp
Saffron powder 1/8 tsp
Salt

Directions:

Prepare rice as directed before.

Wash chicken pieces and remove their skin. Put in appropriate pot add onion, garlic and salt. Let chicken cook with 1 cup of water. (You may sauté the onion after chopping in 1 Tbsp of oil and also stir the chicken on it for a few minutes then add water and cook it)
While chicken is cooking add tomato paste and saffron.

Wash barberries and drain it. You may sauté the barberries in butter or margarine for a couple of minutes. Turn off the heat add sugar mix and set aside.

In a bowl combine about 2 spatula of cooked rice with saffron and barberries.
In a serving dish put some rice in a layer. Put chicken pieces over it again some rice,
Spread the mixture of rice, saffron and barberry over them.
Enjoy!