Basmati rice cooked in variety of spices and blended with chicken.
Yield: 8-10 servings
pounds chicken with bones (If possible)
cloves
hand full of dry peas soaked overnight and boiled in salt water (optional)
handful of fried onion ( I used store bought)
Few drops of red color mixed in water
green chillies slit length wise
Method:
Marinate the chicken in yogurt, turmeric, chilli powder, coriander powder, biryani masala, ginger garlic paste and salt for 30 mts.
Wash the rice and soak it for 30 mts.
Take a big vessel, fill it with water and boil it.
Add cardamon, cloves, cinnamon, shah jeera, oil and salt to the water.
After it comes to boil, add the soaked rice.
Let it cook for 10 mts exactly. Add peas to the water at this point.
Drain the rice and keep it aside.
In the big vessel pour the marinated chicken, spread it so that it will cover the base of the vessel completely.
On top of chicken spread coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chillies,
Add rice to it.
Put color on top only in few places so that rice will look pretty.
Keep the lid on and keep the heat less than medium.
It will take app 20–30 mts for it to cook on low heat.
After about 15 mts keep the heat at minimum and complete your cooking.
While serving top with fried onion and wedge of lemon.
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