Want a break from regular biryanis or pulao then give a try to this chicken tikka pulao.Char grilled chicken adds a nice little twist and aroma to regular pulao. Mildly spicy yet quite flavourful
If you want to change the marinade as per your choice, go ahead!!You can also prepare this with any leftover roast chicken/tandoori chicken
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Chicken tikka pulao
Want a break from regular biryanis or pulao then give a try to this chicken tikka pulao.Char grilled chicken adds a nice little twist and aroma to regular pulao. Mildly spicy yet quite flavourful If you want to change the marinade as per your choice, go ahead!!You can also prepare this with any left
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Ingredients
- 500 gm chicken cut into medium size pieces
- 10 chillies seeds dry red removed (soaked in warm water for 20 mins )
- 1 onion small
- 1 inch ginger
- 10 pods garlic
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon curd thick
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- half lemon juice of
- salt
- 2 cups basmati rice (soaked for 20 minutes and drained)
- 8 cups water
- 3 tbsps ghee / oil
- 1 bay leaf large
- 3 cardamom green
- 1 cardamom black
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorn
- 5 cloves
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 1 star anise
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 4 - 5 green chillies cut lengthwise
- to taste salt
- ½ cup onions mint coriander leaves golden fried , chopped and for garnishing
Instructions
- Grind together the ingredients mentioned under ground to paste. 2.Marinate chicken with the ground paste preferably overnight or at-least 4 hours.
- In a grill pan heat 2 tablespoon of oil.Once the pan is really hot grill marinated chicken 4-5 pieces at a time. Until the pieces are grilled and nicely charred.(Note: thaw the marinated chicken before grilling).
- In the same grill pan(if not large enough then in a separate container) heat 8 cups of water( this is optional but by heating the water in the same pan all the roasted spices in the pan will flavour the water).
- In another pan/pressure cooker heat ghee/oil.Slightly pound whole garam masala and add to the pan.Add greenchilliesand saute for for a minute.
- Add the drained rice. Carefully fry rice for 5-7 minutes.Don't stir frequently else the grains might break.
- Add garam masala,grilled chicken pieces,required amount of salt and hot water. Cook until rice is done.Use fork to separate the grains before serving. (Note: There is already salt in cooked chicken pieces so add accordingly in rice).
Notes
Notes:
Rice and water ratio might vary depending on the quality of rice used.so add water accordingly.
Alternatively you can grill the chicken in oven until it is charred.
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Subhasmita says
it is way easier than doing biryani.. but yes little bit of planing is
required. Felt so happy to see you here... Love
Nusrat Azim says
Sounds like a laborsome project but I know things will fall into places if I
mindfully follow the steps. Thank you for making me drool with your red, hot
pictures <3