Chicken Pulao
INGREDIENTS
2 and 1/2 cup basamati rice(soak in water for 40 mins)
(I have used Lal chabhi brand and water used per cup rice is 3 cups)
700 gms chicken(cut in small pieces)
2 medium sized onions( nicely sliced)
Half cup cooking oil
Half tsp cummin seeds
3 green cardamom
2 black cardamom
1 cinnamom stick
2 bay leaves(tejpata)
2 laung
1/4 tsp black pepper corn
1 and half tablespoon both ginger garlic paste
1 tsp corriander powder
1 tsp cummin powder
salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
3table spoon curd
3tablespoon extra oil
1 and half teaspoon sauf powder
1 and half teaspoon ginger powder
Procedure
Step 1
Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in cooking pan fry half onion in it, add chicken pieces and keep on stirring till chicken is well coated with oil.
Add sauf and ginger powder in meat and finally add 8 cups of water in it. Close the lid.
Let it boil on high flame and once it starts boiling cook on slow heat for about 15 mins or cook
Step 2
Heat oil in a wide Cooking pan.
Put all ground spices(cummin,seeds,cinnamom,cardamom,bay leaves,laung and pepper corns).
Keep stirring till spices crackle.
Now add sliced onions and fry untill onion becomes golden brown or a bit more in colour .Add 2 to 3 tablespoon of water so that onion should not burn.
Add ginger garlic paste and all powdered masala except sauf and ginger powder.
Keep on frying and add little water in between. Now add already cooked chicken in Step 1. Also add curd to it.
Keep on frying the stirring and till chicken is well coated in the fried onion masala and dont forget to add little water in between or you can add chocken soup as well.
Once chicken is well fried and coated with masala add 7 cups of chicken soup to it. Let it boil then add rice already soaked in water for atleat 40 mins. Let it boil for some time. Put the flame low now and cook for 35 to 40 mins. Take it off from gas stove and serve after 10mins with raita or onion chatni.
(If you are using mutton procedure is same except you have to cook mutton in pressure cook till the time it becomes tender.
You may use different brand of basamati so add water accordingly.
It is always mentioned on the pack how much water is to be used.)
