Ingredients:
broiler chicken, cut into medium sized pieces – 1 kg
jeera or basmati rice – 1/2 kg
3/4 cup refined oil
Whole spices: 1 stick cinnamon.
2 cardamoms,
2 cloves.
2 medium sized onion, sliced
garlic ginger paste – 1 tbs
1 small bunch coriander leaves, chopped
10 mint leaves, chopped
chilli powder – 2 tsp
turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
2 green chillies, slit
1/2 large lime
salt – 21/2 tsp to cook chicken
salt – 1 tbs to cook rice
3/4 cup water
Method:
1. Heat the oil in a pressure cooker. Add whole spices, then the sliced onions, fry lightly for a minute.
2. Add garlic ginger paste, fry for 1 minute.
3. Add chopped coriander and mint leaves, fry for a minute.
4. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, slit green chillies and lime juice. Stir and fry for 1 minute.
5. Add chicken, 21/2 tsp. salt and 3/4 cup of water. Stir well, close the cooker and cook chicken for 5 minutes.
6. In the meanwhile, cook rice as ordinary rice, with 1 tbs. salt. When 3/4 cooked, strain the rice.
To assemble the Pallav:
1. Put one layer of rice, then one layer of chicken and curry. Repeat this.
2. Keep on high flame for 3 minutes & on low flame for 15 to 20 minutes till rice is done.
