This is a refined recipe of Chicken Pulao, No other pulao can be tastier than this one because it is Ayesha’s Kitchen Special Pulao. I have created this recipe after trying 10 different recipes of chicken pulao. So try this and enjoy your day The Ayesha’s Kitchen way ….
Ingredients:
- 1 chicken (1.5 kg)(skinless, cut into 12 pcs.)
- 2.5 glass Basmati rice
- 1 cup oil
- 4 onions (sliced)
- 1 tspn ginger paste
- 1 tspn garlic paste
- 2 tbspns yogurt
- 4 tomatoes (processed in a food processor (grinder))
- 2 green chillies (processed with tomatoes)
FOR YAKHNI (STOCK)
- 5.5 glass water
- 2-4 cinnamon pieces
- 2-4 black cardamom
- 2-4 small cardamom
- 4-8 cloves
- 8 peppercorns
- Maze and nutmeg (whole)
- Bay leaf
- 1 tbspn ginger paste
- 1 tbspn garlic paste
- 2 tbspns dry coriander seeds
- 2 tbspns cumin seeds
FOR MASALA
- Salt to taste
- 1 tspn Chinese salt (chicken powder)
- 1 tbspn red chilli powder
- 1 tspn black pepper
- 4 cloves
- 1 black cardamom
- A piece of cinnamon
- ½ tspn turmeric
- 1 tbspn garam masala
- 1 tspn coriander powder
- 1 tspn methi leaves
Procedure:
-Rinse and soak basmati rice.
-Put all the ingredients given for stock and boil.
-Meanwhile, in a large vessel heat oil and brown onion along with garlic and ginger paste, then add chicken and fry until its white. Blend tomatoes and green chillies in a food processor and add this puree to the chicken.
-Stir. Add the ingredients given for masala. Mix well and add yogurt.
-Cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
-Strain the stock and discard the residue. Add the stock in the chicken. Bring it to a boil.
-Strain the soaked rice, discard the water and add the rice into the stock and chicken mix.
-Cook on medium heat until the rice begins to boil and very less water is left. Cover the vessel and let it cook for another 10 minutes on low heat.
-Chicken Pulao is ready. Serve hot with dhaniya pudina chutney and fresh salad or Shaami Kabab.
Hi,
I would like to firstly thank you so much for posting such beautiful recipes for people like me who are beginners is cooking.
My question is what size glass are u using for rice. Can u specify how many grams in the glass u r using? Thanks in advance
I am using a normal measuring cup that we use for baking as well…. i think its 300 gms.
Thanks for the appreciation! 🙂
Hi,
I am so eager to try your recipe since my palao never comes out good. I just have few question to ask, what size onion and tomatoes are you using because 4 seems like a lot of onions for 2.5 measuring cups of rice ( i may be wrong). On last question , what would be the ratio of spices, onions and tomatoes when doubling or tripling the recipe( and yes, I am a beginner in cooking).
Thanks in advance…
4 small onions/ 2 large onion
double the amount of spices when doubling the amount.
2 large tomatoes
hope that helps…….. 🙂
Thank you so much for your reply. One quick question, how does the onion and tomato ratio change…. Do i double the quantity too when doubling the recipe or the quanity stays the same….