Simple Chicken Pulao (Pressure Cooker Method)

Most of us like dishes made of chicken much more than other non- vegetarian dishes. Among the chicken recipes, chicken biryani & pulao occupies the foremost place.Today I am preparing simple chicken pulao in a pressure cooker with minimum ingredients which are easily available in our kitchen.


Preparation Time : 20 mins-2 hrs

Cooking Time : 50-60 mins

Yield : 2

 

Ingredients :

For Marination :

Curd : 1 cup (preferably sour one )

Red chilly powder : 2 tbsp

Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp

Salt : as per required

Ginger-garlic paste : 2 tbsp

Lemon juice : 1 tbsp

 

Other Ingredients :

Chicken : 1/2 kg

Basmati/Long grain rice :  2 cups

Cloves/lavangam : 5-6

Elachi/cardamom/elakullu : 3

Cinnamon stick/dalchina chekka/dalchini : 2 (1 inch sticks)

Star anise : 2

Bay leaf/biryani aku/paththa : 2

Marati moggu/capers : 2

Mace/japatri/jayi patre : small piece

Nutmeg powder/jajji kayya pudi/ : 1/4 tsp

Onion pieces : 1 cup

Slitted Green chilies : 3-4 no.

Tomato pieces : 1/2 cup

Salt : as per required

Ginger-garlic Paste : 1 tbsp

Garam masala Powder : 1 tbsp

Ghee : 1 tbsp

Oil : 3 tbsp

Water : 4 1/2 cups

 

Method of Preparation :

1. Wash chicken properly and marinate chicken for 2 hrs with the ingredients for marination. If you dont have enough time you can reduce the time to 15-20 mins.


2. Heat the pressure cooker and add 3 tbsp of oil and allow it to get heated, then add Elachi, nutmeg powder,bay leaves,Mace,capers and saute for 30 seconds.


3. Then add onion pieces and slitted green chilies and saute till onions turn transparent.Then add ginger garlic paste and saute until raw smell goes off.


4. Then add tomato pieces, saute for 3 minutes, then add marinated chicken,stir and cook for 10 minutes on a high flame,then reduce the flame to medium and cook for 20 minutes by closing the lid, Then open the lid and check whether the chicken is 3/4th cooked or else cook for 5-10 more minutes.


5. Then add washed and strained  basmati/long grain rice and stir thoroughly, then add 4 1/2 cups of water,required amount of salt,garam masala powder and stir once again, then close the lid and cook on a medium flame till 2 visils.


6. Let it cool down,then remove the lid, add 1 tbsp of ghee and mix once again.


7. Dish out and serve with raita or any curry.

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