Beginners Kitchen: 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)