Ingredients:
• 500 gms – Chicken
• 800 gms – Basmati Rice
• 1/2 cup – Curd
• 1 tsp – Shahzeera
• 1 bunch – Coriander and Mint leaves
• 5 – Green chillies
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp – chilli powder
• 1 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 1/2 cup – Ginger Garlic paste
• Whole Garam Masala
• 1 tsp – Garam Masala powder
• 2 big – Onions
• Few Saffron strands (optional)
• 1/4 cup – Milk
• 100 ml – Oil
Method:
- Soak rice in water and keep it aside.
- Wash chicken thoroughly.
- Add salt, chilli powder, garam masala powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder and curd.
- Make a paste of coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chillies and marinate them.
- Heat oil in a kadai and to it add finely sliced onions and fry till they turn golden brown and crispy.
- Add the onions with oil to the chicken mixture and let it marinate for an hour.
- In a vessel, take the soaked rice and to it add a pinch of turmeric, whole garam masala and sufficient amount of water to cook.
- Let it cook till the rice is half done and then strain the water and remove the rice.
- In the same vessel, add a layer of marinated chicken and then on top of it add a layer of rice.
- Then add the remaining chicken and the remaining rice on the top.
- Mix saffron in milk for a minute and pour it over the rice.
- Cover it with a lid and let it cook for 20 minutes till a gush of steam comes out.
- Garnish with boiled egg and serve hot with raita and mirchi ka salan.
- Qurbani ka meetha can be accompanied with it as a sweet dish.
Recipe courtesy of Apeksha Ekbote