Chicken Pulao

Name: Chicken Pulao
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Serves: 6-7 persons
Ingredients: 1 tsp Black Peppercorns; 12 Cloves; 1 kg Chicken; 2 tsp Garam Masala Powder; 3 cups Basmati Rice (pre-soaked for 30 minutes); 1 medium Onion (finely sliced); 7 Green Cardamoms; 1 Black Cardamom; 4 tbsp Yoghurt; 2 tbsp Ginger Paste/Powder; 2 tbsp Garlic Paste/Powder; 1 Bay Leaf; ¼ tsp Mace Powder; ¼ tsp Nutmeg Powder; 1 cup Oil; 2 tsp Salt; 1 small Onion (finely sliced and fried golden-brown); A few drops of Kewra Essence; 1 inch Cinnamon Stick; 2 tsp Cumin Seeds (levelled)

Rice Cooked in Chicken Broth

Preparation info

Serves:
6-7
persons

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

VIRSA

By Shehar Bano Rizvi

Published 2021

About

Chicken pulao is a quicker and simpler version of mutton pulao. The only difference when making chicken pulao compared to mutton pulao, is that the process of making the broth is replaced by simply just adding garam masala powder.

Ingredients

1 kg Chicken
2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
3

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Fry the onions until golden-brown.

Add all the ingredients for garam masala (green cardamom, black cardamom, cloves, black peppercorns, cinnamon, cumin seeds) and fry for a few minutes.

Add the chicken, ginger paste, garlic paste and fry for a few minutes. Add yoghurt, mace, nutmeg powder, garam masala powder and salt, and fry for 5-6 minutes.

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