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Chicken Pulav Recipe
by karenrecipe

Chicken Pulav

Last weekend we had a late breakfast and till 2 0’ clock I hadnt thought about what to cook for lunch. But then we were very hungry and I made this quick chicken pulav.

Rating: 4/5
Avg. 4/5 1 vote
Prep time: Indian
Cook time: Servings: 5

Goes Well With: a light salad

Ingredients

  • Cleaned chicken (cut into small pieces) – 10 to 12
  • Rice – 2 cups
  • Onion – 1 medium sized cut into thin long slices
  • Ginger, garlic paste (fresh homemade for better taste)- 1 teaspoon
  • Green chillies – 4 to 5
  • Cinnamon – 1 stick
  • Cloves – 5 to 6
  • Pepper – 5 to 6
  • Cardamom – 1
  • Saunf/badishippi – half teaspoon
  • Bay leaves – 1
  • Yogurt – 2 teaspoons
  • A pinch of turmeric powder
  • Oil
  • Salt to taste

Directions

  1. Apply salt, turmeric, ginger-garlic paste and yogurt to the chicken pieces and set it aside.
  2. Wash the rice and set it aside.
  3. Heat a generous quantity of oil in cooker and add onions and green chillies. Fry for 5 mins.
  4. Crush all the other masalas into a coarse mixture and fry it along with onions.
  5. Now add the chicken pieces, salt and fry well till the raw smell goes away and you get a nice aroma. At this stage, add rice and fry gain for 5 mins.
  6. Add sufficient quantity of water and allow the pulav to cook according to your cooker specifications.