This is an easy chicken pulav recipe from my mother.
Whole medium chicken cut up in small pieces - 1
Ginger- garlic paste - 2tbsp
Yogurt - 3/4 cup
Red chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt
Marinate the chicken pieces with the above ingredients for 1 hr.
Basmati Rice - 4 cups
Hot water - 6 cups
Whole cloves - 3
Cardamom- 2
Cinnamon stick - 1 pieces
Whole black pepper - 5
Salt
Oil - 3 tbsp
To prepare ghee rice, season the oil with the whole spices and fry the cleaned and drained rice for 2 minutes and add hot water and let cook.
In a separate pan saute 1 sliced onion till slightly brown. Add the marinated chicken pieces with the marinade. Let cook till the chicken is done. Once done, save some gravy from it. Add some finely chopped cilantro and mint leaves to the chicken. If you like cashew nuts and raisins, add a handful and some fried brown onions. Mix the saved gravy with the the prepared ghee rice. Layer the rice over the chicken and on the top sprinkle some chopped cilantro/mint, cashew nuts, raisins, fried onions. Cover with aluminium foil. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake the pulav for 20- 25 minutes. Mix the rice and chicken together before serving and decorate with nuts, raisins, cilantro/mint and fried onions.
If you like eggs, Boil 2-3 eggs and add to the chicken before baking. Serve hot with yogurt salad, sweet chutney and pappad.
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