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Chicken Pulao

Chicken pulao, a quick chicken dish comes to my rescue whenever I feel lazy to cook or fall short  of time ;) This dish along with a colorful platter of salad is really filling n satisfying. I label it under bachelors cooking cos its quite easy n time saving. 
I call this recipe as chicken pulao n not chicken biryani because Pulao is made by cooking the ingredients together where as in Biryani, rice is first cooked separately , then layered n cooked on low flame with other ingredients. Just like vegetable pulao every thing goes into the pressure cooker. 

Ingredients:
Chicken      : 500 gm
curds          : 1 cup
onion          : 2 big, cut in length
oil              : 4- tbspn
ghee           : 2 tbspn
Basmati rice: 1 glass

for green masala paste
coriander leaves  : 1 small bunch
pudina leaves      : 1 small bunch
garlic                  : 7-8 cloves
ginger                 : 2 inch piece
green chilly         : 5
turmeric powder  : 1 tspn
salt                     : 2 tspn

Whole garam masala
Shahi jeera          : 1 tspn
cinnemon sticks   : 2
Javetri                 : 2 piece
black cardamom  : 2
cloves                  : 7-8
Bay leaf               : 2


Method:

• Wash the rice and drain water . Set aside for -20 mins
• Take the cleaned chicken pieces in a bowl
• Prepare the green masala paste by blending all the ingredients written below ingredients for green masala 
• Apply the paste along with curds thoroughly to the chicken pieces. Set aside for atleast 20 mins

• Take 4 tbspn oil in a pressure cooker vessel. when hot add all the whole garam masalas
• wait till they are fragrant. 
• Then goes in the sliced onions. fry until slightly brown
• Then add in the rice grains and fry on medium for 2-3 mins

• Add the marinated chicken into the rice. Give a nice mix. Add 1 1/4 glass water.
• Add salt if required ( also garam masala powder if required. I did not add)

• Put the lid on and cook till just 1 whistle. Sim for 5 mins before turning off
• wait until the pressure is released.
• gently pfluff the rice with a fork and add 2 tbspn ghee all over
• Serve hot with salad/ yoghurt raita