Chicken and Rice With Round Zucchini

From sousou blog on You Tube. A Moroccan dish. The water to rice ratio seems off to me here in USA. I think some countries soak their rice before cooking.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1  onion, chopped
• 2  lbs chicken, cut up in 6 inch pieces
• 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1  stick cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 6  zucchini, cut in half round ones
• 1 1⁄2 cups rice
• 1  cup water

Directions

1. Saute onion in olive oil.
2. Add chicken pieces; bone in is okay.
3. Saute 5 minutes.
4. Add turmeric, pepper, ginger, cinnamon stick, and 1/2 cup water.
5. Cover and simmer 5 minutes.
6. Add zucchini rounds; cook 20 minutes covered.
7. Remove chicken and zucchini.
8. Add rice and 1 cup water.
9. Cook covered for 15 minutes.
10. Add chicken and zucchini to top of rice; simmer 5 more minutes.
11. Put rice in a bowl; surround with zucchini cut side down.
12. Top with one piece of chicken.