• Light Chicken Pulav

    Filed under Non Veg. Chicken

    Ingredients
    broiler chkken, 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.
    medium sized onion. sliced – 2
    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 – to cook chicken – 2 1/2 tsp.
    salt – to cook rice -1 tbs. -
    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, 2 1/2 tsp. salt and 3/4 cup of water. Stir well, close the cooker and cook chicken fur;) minutes.
    6. In the meanwhile, cook rice as ordinary rice, \vlth 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
    name for 15 to 20 minutes till rice IS done.

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