Chicken Pulao (Easy and Quick)
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Serves: 3-4
 
Chicken Pulao is an Indian rice dish which is very easy to make and gets ready quite quickly. Chicken, Basmati Rice and several spices are cooked together in one large kadai to make a mouth-watering delicious meal.
Ingredients
  • Chicken: 500 gms cut into small pieces
  • Basmati Rice: 2 cups
  • Onion: 1 large sliced vertically
  • Tomatoes: 2 medium chopped
  • Ginger Paste: 1 tsp
  • Garlic Paste: 1 tsp
  • Cardamom: 3-4
  • Cinnamon: 1 inch stick
  • Cumin Seeds: ½ tsp
  • Cloves: 7-8
  • Curd: 2 tbsp
  • Coriander: 1 cup
  • Chili Powder: 3-4 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder: 1 tsp
  • Salt: to taste
  • Ghee: 2 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Apply 1 tsp chili powder, ½ tsp turmeric powder and salt to chicken pieces and keep aside.
  2. Soak Basmati rice in sufficient water for ½ hour.
  3. Heat 3-4 tbsp oil in a pan. Stir fry the cardamom, cinnamon, cumin seeds and cloves briefly for a minutes.
  4. Add onion and ginger-garlic paste. Stir fry till onion is brown.
  5. Add rest of the chili powder, turmeric powder and salt and mix well.
  6. Add chicken pieces and stir fry for 2-3 minutes.
  7. Add tomatoes and stir fry for 2 minutes.
  8. Add curd and coriander and mix well. Close lid and let cook till chicken is almost done. Keep aside.
  9. In a pan, heat ghee. Drain the basmati rice and add to the pan. Stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
  10. Add chicken mixture to it and mix well.
  11. Heat 4 cups of water separately and add to rice-chicken mixture. Close lid and let cook on medium flame till rice is completely cooked.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/chicken-pulao/