North India

Chicken pulao

Name: Chicken pulao
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: North Indian home
Ingredients: 500 g chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 1 1/2 cups soaked 20 minutes basmati rice; 2 medium sliced onion; 1 chopped tomato; 1/3 cup curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 2 bay leaves 4 cloves, 4 cardamom, cinnamon, 1 tsp black pepper whole spices; 2 slit green chilli; a handful mint leaves; 2 tbsp coriander leaves (cilantro); 1/2 tsp garam masala; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 2 tsp ghee; 1 1/2 tsp salt; 2 3/4 cups water

Milder than biryani, quicker too. Chicken, basmati and whole spices in one cooker.

45 minTime

25 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayChicken, basmati and whole spices.

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25 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

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Chicken pulao, home style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)500 g

Basmati rice1½ cups, soaked 20 minutes

Onion2 medium, sliced

Tomato1, chopped

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)⅓ cup

Ginger garlic paste1 tbsp

Whole spices2 bay leaves, 4 cloves, 4 cardamom, cinnamon, 1 tsp black pepper

Green chilli2, slit

Mint leavesa handful

Coriander leaves (cilantro)2 tbsp

Garam masala½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Ghee2 tsp

Salt1½ tsp

Water2¾ cups

Method

4 steps

1Heat oil and ghee, fry whole spices, then onions till golden.
2Add ginger garlic paste, chilli and tomato, then chicken. Sear 5 minutes, stir in curd, cover and cook 10 minutes on low.
3Add rice, mint, coriander, garam masala, salt and water. Pressure cook for 1 whistle on high, then 5 minutes on low. Let the pressure release naturally.
4Fluff gently and check the chicken is cooked through with no pink.

Serve it like this

Fluff gently with a fork and serve hot on a wide plate, with raita or a side next to it.

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