I came by this recipe in the strangest way. Once, we ( my husband, both my young daughters and me) were invited for lunch by a young colleague of my husband. While inviting us a day before he confidently told us that he would be cooking chicken biryani. However, when we arrived, there was no sign of the biryani and our young host was looking extremely flustered. He had overslept and then scrambled to the market to procure the chicken and other ingredients, arriving back just a little ahead of us and some other guests. While we all had a laugh and were throwing around ideas about what to do next....one of the other invitees calmly took control of the situation and within a very short time rustled up this chicken pulao.
Although it takes very little time to prepare and has very few ingredients that doesn't take away from the fact that this is an excellent recipe, very light but high on aroma and flavour. Try it out once and I am sure you will go back to it, not only when short of time, but by choice!!
Ingredients:
4 pieces of chicken
1 cup basmati rice
1 big onion
3-4 cloves of garlic
Salt to taste
1 -2 green chillies
1tsp all spice ( garam masala) powder
Whole spices: 1 bay leaf, 5 cloves, 2 black cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon
1 tsp cumin
2 cups water
3-4 tbsps oil
1tsp lemon juice
1/4 cup coriander and mint leaves
Method: Soak rice. Slice onions finely. Chop garlic. Wash chicken thoroughly.
In a pressure cooker add the chicken pieces, garlic, whole spices and water and put it to cook. Close flame after one whistle. Keep aside.
Now in a heavy bottom pan add oil and cumin. When cumin starts crackling add the onions. Fry till onions are translucent. Take out the boiled chicken pieces from the cooker, letting the water remain, and add along with the green chillies and garam masala powder. Fry for few minutes till chicken is lightly browned. Add the washed rice and stir for another couple of minutes.
Transfer the chicken and rice to the pressure cooker, add salt and put it to cook again. There is no need to add any extra water as the water in which the chicken was boiled is sufficient. Close after one whistle. When you open the cooker add chopped coriander and mint leaves. Also add the lemon juice. Serve hot.
Yakhni basically means stock. The water in which the chicken was boiled is the yakhni here and this becomes chicken yakhni pulao as the rice is cooked in yakhni.
Although it takes very little time to prepare and has very few ingredients that doesn't take away from the fact that this is an excellent recipe, very light but high on aroma and flavour. Try it out once and I am sure you will go back to it, not only when short of time, but by choice!!
Ingredients:
4 pieces of chicken
1 cup basmati rice
1 big onion
3-4 cloves of garlic
Salt to taste
1 -2 green chillies
1tsp all spice ( garam masala) powder
Whole spices: 1 bay leaf, 5 cloves, 2 black cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon
1 tsp cumin
2 cups water
3-4 tbsps oil
1tsp lemon juice
1/4 cup coriander and mint leaves
Method: Soak rice. Slice onions finely. Chop garlic. Wash chicken thoroughly.
In a pressure cooker add the chicken pieces, garlic, whole spices and water and put it to cook. Close flame after one whistle. Keep aside.
Now in a heavy bottom pan add oil and cumin. When cumin starts crackling add the onions. Fry till onions are translucent. Take out the boiled chicken pieces from the cooker, letting the water remain, and add along with the green chillies and garam masala powder. Fry for few minutes till chicken is lightly browned. Add the washed rice and stir for another couple of minutes.
Transfer the chicken and rice to the pressure cooker, add salt and put it to cook again. There is no need to add any extra water as the water in which the chicken was boiled is sufficient. Close after one whistle. When you open the cooker add chopped coriander and mint leaves. Also add the lemon juice. Serve hot.
Yakhni basically means stock. The water in which the chicken was boiled is the yakhni here and this becomes chicken yakhni pulao as the rice is cooked in yakhni.
you gave me this recipe long time ago when kids were little. I used to make it for them and Meghana loved it. I will make it again this weekend when she is home. Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteYes. It is an excellent recipe. I used to make it often too, earlier, when kids were small. I hope Meghana likes it still.
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