Savour Pulao (or Pilaff)
Ingredients
- Rice 5 cups
- Chicken 12 pieces
- All spice 1-1/2 tsp
- Green chilli (chopped) 4
- Onion (sliced) 2
- Tomato (sliced) 4
- Vinegar 2 tbsp
- Garlic 1 tbsp
- Ginger (julienn) 1 tsp
- Salt 2 tbsp
- Red chilli 1-1/2 tsp
- All spices leveled 1 tbsp
- Ghee 1 cup
- For Stock
- Fennel seed 1 tbsp
- Bay leaves 2
- Whole coriander 1 tbsp
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Cooking Directions
For Stock:
- In a pan put 4 pieces of chicken
with 4 cups of water.
- Make pouch/potli of fennel seed, bay leaves and whole coriander add in pan cook
for 15-20 minutes.
- Marinate chicken with 2 tbsp vinegar and 1 tsp of salt for 1/2 an hour.
- In a pan put ghee and fry marinated chicken and chicken stock very well.
- In another pan heat 1 cup oil and fry onion slices till brown.
- Now add tomatoes and some water cook untill oil appears in a layer form.
- Add chicken julienns and fried chicken, cook more then add stock.
- When stock boils add green chillies and all spices.
- Add rice and cook untill water dries.
- Cover with lid and let remaining rice be cooked with steam on a very low flame,
(that is give 'dum' to rice).
