How to make Chicken Pulao - Comfort food in the truest sense – this one is a quick chicken pulao prepared in a pressure cooker.
This recipe is from the book Pressure Cooking.
Main Ingredients : Chicken (चिकन), Rice (चावल)
Cuisine : Indian
Course : Rice
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Comfort food in the truest sense – this one is a quick chicken pulao prepared in a pressure cooker. Marinated chicken pieces cooked with whole masalas and rice, this one gives you all the flavours of a biryani in a much simpler avatar. It makes a whole meal along with some boondi raita or just papad and achar.
For more recipes related to Chicken Pulao checkout Yakhni Pulao, Chicken Pulao, Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya, Chicken Biryani . You can also find more Rice recipes like Doi Potol Pulao, Mint And Peas Pulao, masala rice , Makai Ki Khichdi.
Prep Time : 1.30-2 hour
Cook time : 31-40 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Difficult
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Chicken Pulao Recipe
Chicken 1 1/2 cups
Rice 600 grams
Yogurt 1/2 cup
Ginger paste 2 tablespoons
Garlic paste 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Oil 4 tablespoons
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Clove 6-8
Cinnamon 2 inch piece
Green cardamom 6-8
Bay leaf 2
Onion sliced 2 medium
Tomato chopped 3 medium
Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Chicken stock 3 cups
Method
Step 1
Marinate the chicken in a mixture of the yogurt, ginger paste, garlic paste and salt for one hour, preferably in a refrigerator.
Step 2
Heat the oil in a pressure cooker; add the cumin seeds and sauté for ten seconds. Add the cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms and bay leaves. Sauté again for about ten seconds.
Step 3
Add the onions and sauté till golden brown. Add the tomatoes and cook over high heat for three minutes, stirring continuously. Add the chilli powder and stir to mix.
Step 4
Add the chicken with the marinade and sauté for two or three minutes. Pour in the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Stir in the rice and bring to a boil. Seal the cooker with the lid and cook over medium heat till the pressure releases twice (two whistles).
Step 5
Remove the lid when the pressure has reduced completely and stir lightly to separate the rice grains. Serve with raita and kachumber.
