chicken pulao

Ingredients:-

• 250 gms Basmati rice
• 500 gms Chicken small pieces
• 150 gms ghee, 150 gms onions sliced
• 200 gms curd, 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 piece cinnamon(dalchini)
• 8 cardamoms(Elachi)
• 10 black pepper
• 10 garlic cloves chopped
• 1/2 tsp saffron
• 100 gms almonds, fried-sliced
• 50 gms ginger chopped
• 2 tsps red chilli powder
• 2 tsps coriander powder
• 3/4 turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp coriander leaves, salt to taste

Procedure:-

Grind together jeera, dalchini, Elachies, kali mirch, ginger, garlic, laung ,lal mirch, dhania, turmeric powder and salt with some water. Fry rice in half ghee and set aside. Heat the remaining ghee and fry onions till golden brown. Add spices and fry vigorously till ghee separates. Add cicken pieces and stir while frying for 10-12 minutes or till water dries. Pour curd and 1/2 cup of water. Remove from the flame when the chicken is tender. set aside. Mix rice, saffron and two glasses of water and place it on the flame again.when rice is semi cooked, add chicken and badaams and stir gently . Remove from fire and sprinkle coriander leaves.Keep it covered for 15 minutes ad then serve.