Chicken Pulao

 Chicken Pulao  | How to make Chicken Pulao

 How to make Chicken Pulao? Here is an easy, easy recipe for chicken pulao. If you enjoy spicy chicken rice, then give this recipe a try. This chicken pulao recipe can be prepared in less than an hour, so you can serve it as a dinner party treat. Have no clue about how to make chicken pulao? No worries, because this easy chicken pulao recipe will guide you every step of the way.

Ingredients:

• 900 gm chicken
•  5 cloves garlic
•  8 green cardamom
•  1/2 teaspoon turmeric
•  7 green chilies
•  6 cloves
•  3 cups basmati rice
•  1 teaspoon garam masala powder
•  5 cups water
•  3inches of ginger
•  six bay leaves
• one teaspoon of powdered cinnamon,
•  one teaspoon of red chili powder,
•  six-star anise,
•  four tablespoons of yogurt (curd), 
• two sliced onions,
•   salt if necessary, 
• 1 lemon
•  8 coriander leaves

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Instructions:

•  Chicken pulao brings life to any event or gathering. This delicious combination of spiced chicken, rice, and fragrant herbs is a classic dish that doesn't need any introduction. This dish can be prepared in a number of different ways, and we have the simplest recipe for doing so.Here's how to make it at home with ingredients that are easy to find: After washing and peeling the vegetables, add the ginger and garlic to a mortar and pestle. Make a paste by coarsely crushing them. Now, cut the chicken into pieces..

• Step 2:Marinate chicken: In a bowl, combine garam masala, red chili powder, salt, turmeric powder, and half of the ginger-garlic paste prepared earlier. Mix thoroughly the remaining ingredients. In a prepared marinade paste, marinate the chicken pieces and set them aside for 20 minutes.

• Step 3 Sauté the whole spices & onion: Now, heat oil in a non-stick pan on medium flame, and add bay leaves, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, green chilies, and star anise. Mix well and add sliced onions. Sauté the onions until they become glossy and transparent over a medium flame.

• Step 4 Cook the chicken & yogurt Once the marinated chicken is ready, add the yogurt and cook for three to four minutes.

• Step 5 Add rice, water, ginger-garlic paste & seasonings: Combine the rice with the 5 cups of water, turmeric powder, and remaining ginger-garlic paste. Occasionally stir the rice until it is cooked.

• Step 6 Garnish and serve homemade Chicken Pulao! Place the cooked chicken on a platter for serving. Squeeze lemon over it and garnish it with coriander leaves.

Tips:

• Cooking chicken pulao over a low flame can improve its flavor. 
• Use whole spices and long-grain basmati rice to get the best result.