Ingredients:
- 900 gm chicken
- 5 cloves garlic
- 8 green cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 7 green chillies
- 6 clove
- 3 cup basmati rice
- 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 5 cup water
- 3 inches ginger
- 6 leaf bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 6 star anise
- 4 tablespoon yoghurt (curd)
- 2 sliced onion
- salt as required
Instructions:
Step 1 Crush garlic-ginger & chop chicken
Chicken Pulao adds life to every occasion or party. This traditional dish needs no introduction and is a delightful blend of spiced chicken, rice and aromatic herbs. There are several ways of preparing this dish and we have the simplest recipe to prepare this dish. Here’s how you go about preparing it at home with some easily available ingredients. Wash and peel the veggies, take a mortar-pestle and add garlic and ginger. Crush them coarsely into a paste. Now, take chicken and cut it into pieces.
Marinate the chicken
Take a bowl and add garam masala, red chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder and half of the prepared ginger-garlic paste. Mix it well and the marinade is ready. Marinate the chicken pieces in a prepared marinade paste and keep it aside to set for 20 minutes.
Saute the whole spices & onion
Now, heat oil in a non-stick pan on medium flame and add bay leaves, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, green chillies and star anise. Mix well and add sliced onions. Saute them over a medium flame until onions turn glossy and transparent.
Add marinated chicken & yoghurt
Now, add the marinated chicken and cook them until the ingredients are incorporated in the marinated chicken. Then, add yoghurt and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Add rice, water, ginger-garlic paste & seasonings
Add rice, 5 cups of water, turmeric powder and the remaining ginger-garlic paste. Season with salt and mix well. Let the rice be completely cooked. Stir occasionally.
Garnish and serve homemade Chicken Pulao!
When cooked, transfer the homemade Chicken Pulao to a serving plate and squeeze lemon on it. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot.