How to make chicken pulao

Chicken pulao

Chicken pulao is flavored chicken rice cooked with mild Indian spices. It is mildly spiced and is not heavy like the chicken biryani. It is best to serve it with a good onion raita or a simple light salad There are so many ways in which the chicken pulao is made. You can never run out of ideas on which style of chicken pulao to make today.

Ingredients 

• 2 kg chicken (whole)

• 1/2 kg tomatoes (cut finely)

• 4 onions (fried)

• 1 tsp black pepper

• 1 tbsp garlic/ginger paste

• 4 lemons

• salt to taste

• 1 cup oil

Rice ingredients

4 cups rice (sela)

• 4 green chillies

• 4 black peppercorns (black pepper)

• 1 tsp cumin seeds

• salt to taste

Instructions

1. Blend onions, tomatoes, garlic/ginger paste and black pepper in a blender
2. Put deep cuts on chicken with a knife; apply juice from 2 lemons and put salt
3. Heat oil in a fry pan or a wok; fry chicken and remove
4. Add blender mixture to fry pan or wok; cook until oil separates
5. Add chicken and cook for a while
6. Par-boil rice with all the rice ingredients; strain
7. Grease a pot; layer with 2 cups of rice: remove chicken from the masala and place on rice; place the remaining rice around the chicken pieces and some on top of the chicken
8. Pour chicken masala all over the rice
9. Sprinkle the juice from remaining lemons
10. Serve and enjoy. Recommended to serve with raita.