EASY CHICKEN PULAV FOR BACHELORS

Most bachelors wants to cook something very simple so that don’t have to stand long hours in front of the stove. I too is in this group sometimes, so that is how I came up with this pulav, with some modification to regular procedures making it one of the simplest one pot chicken dishes. This pulav is absolutely delicious and is nothing less than a biriyani. Yet simple and easy to prepare with not much chopping and you can cook this using just with the standard things from a bachelor’s kitchen. When add along chicken korma, raita or fresh salad and pickle, it is a perfect dish for bachelors in the eve of Eid-ul-fitr.

Ingredients:-

1. Chicken – ½ kg, medium size pieces

2. Basmati rice – 2 ½ cups, long grained, soaked & drained

3. Onion – 1 nos., medium, chopped

4. Tomato – 2 nos., medium, chopped

5. Ginger-garlic paste – 2 tbsp.

6. Cardamom – 4 or 5 pods

7. Cinnamon – 2 sticks

8. Pepper – 5 or 6 corns

9. Cumin seeds – 1 tsp.

10. Coriander powder – 1 tsp.

11. Turmeric powder – ½ tsp.

12. Chili powder – 1 tsp.

13. Garam masala – ½ tsp.

14. Salt – 2 tsp. or as per needed.

15. Curry leaves – 2 or 3 sprigs

16. Vegetable oil – 6-7 tbsp.

17. Ghee – 2 tbsp.

18. Coriander leaves – a handful, chopped

Method:-

1. Heat oil along with ghee in a pressure cooker at medium flame. Add cardamoms, cinnamon, peppercorns and cumin seeds and saute for a minute.

2. Then add ginger garlic paste and curry leaves and saute till raw smell fades.

3. Then add onion and fry till they are brown, followed by tomato and saute for a minute.

4. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder, chili powder salt, and garam masala. Saute it and allow to cook in the oil.

5. Then add chicken pieces and cook with a simple lid (not the cooker lid) covered for 15-20 minutes, till it is almost cooked.

6. Now add rice and water enough to immerse rice (one inch over the surface of rice). Cover it with simple lid and let simmer for almost 10-15 minutes or till the rice is tender.

7. Now close the pressure cooker with cooker lid after garnishing with chopped coriander leaves and let it remain on low flame for 1 minute more.

7. Then remove it from flame and leave it closed for about 15-20 minutes.

8. Serve hot with Raita, fresh Salad and Pickle.