Chicken Pulav

SERVES : 5-6 ADULTS

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED :-


Chicken : 1 kg
Basmati rice : 2 & 1/2 glasses ( 1 glass = 250 ml quantity )
ghee and oil : nearly half cup (u can use full ghee also)
green chillies : 16
onions :4 medium
ginger garlic paste : 100gms
mint leaves , coriander leaves : each 1/2 a handful
tomatoes :2
sour curd : 1 laadle full / 1 /2 a small tea glass
salt : 5 tspns (adjust according to ur taste)
coconut milk : 1& 1/2 glass ( make with 1 big coconut )

WHOLE GARAM MASALAS :

cloves: 15
cardamoms :12
cinnamon sticks : 5 ( each 1 inch size)
star anise : 5
nut mug : little
japatri : 5
anasa puvvu : 5
bay leaves :5



PREPARATION :-

• Chop onions , tomatoes and green chillies . Extract coconut milk .( u can see my how to prepare coconut milk)

• Heat a big thick bottomed vessel and add ghee and oil , add whole garam masalas.

• Next add green chillies , onions and fry well.
  

• Add ginger garlic paste , fry till it looses rawness.

• Next add half of ur mint leaves and coriander leaves and fry well for 2 mins .

• Now add chopped tomatoes and mix well.

• After tomatoes r boiled add washed chicken pieces , curd and salt . Mix them well and boil till chicken is fully cooked or till chicken oozes water.

• After chicken is boiled add just washed and strained basmati rice and mix well.



• After 2 mins add 1 & 1/2 glass coconut milk and 1 & 3/4 normal water and mix well.
  

• Add remaining half mint leaves and coriander leaves , mix well and put a lid.
  

• When rice is 3/4 cooked roll a wet kitchen towel around the lid , just as how i did and put some weight on it (like dosa pan )

• Put the flame in sim (low flame ).

• After 15 mins check whether rice is fully cooked or not , if so just switchoff the stove and put the lid.
  
• Serve after 10 mins with mirchi ka salan / sherwa , onion raitha.