Chicken Pilao

Name: Chicken Pilao
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 500 g chicken cut in pieces; 1/2 cup oil; 2 medium onions; 1 tbsp sabut dhaniya; 1 tbsp saunf; 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1 inch piece of ginger; 6 cloves garlic; 10 black pepper corns; 1 cinnamon stick large; 2 bay leaves large; 2 bari Elaichi; 2 green cardamoms; 1 whole onion large; 1 whole tomato large; 2 tbsp green chilli paste; 1/2 cup fried onions; 1/2 cup whipped yogurt; 2.5 cups rice

Aamna Saad @cook_aamnasaad

Karachi, Pakistan

#cookwithamna
Eid ❤
Eid per her baar hamaray han biryani banti hai lekin is bar socha kuch light hojayay tou bana daala chicken pilao. Kyunkay tayyar bhi hona tha isilyay socha kam time kitchen main aur zyada time tayyari main 🥰😋

Aamna Saad @cook_aamnasaad

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Ingredients

45 minutes

4 servings

500 gchicken cut in pieces
1/2 cupoil
2medium onions
1 tbspsabut dhaniya
1 tbspsaunf
1 tbspginger garlic paste
1 inchpiece of ginger
6 clovesgarlic
10black pepper corns
1cinnamon stick large
2bay leaves large
2bari Elaichi
2green cardamoms
1whole onion large
1whole tomato large
2 tbspgreen chilli paste
1/2 cupfried onions
1/2 cupwhipped yogurt
2.5 cupsrice

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Steps

45 minutes

1

In a big pot take adequate amount of water to make yakhni. Put chicken, whole onion, whole ginger, garlic cloves, whole tomato, sabut dhaniya, saunf, all sabut garam masala (as mentioned in recipe card)
2

Cook this yakhni for 20 minutes on very slow flame. Take out chicken when done and strain the yakhni. Discard all the left over material.
3

In a pot add oil, fry onions until golden. Add ginger garlic paste then add chicken and yogurt. Cook on high flame until oil separates.
4

Add salt, black pepper and green chilli paste and cook for another minute.
5

Add soaked rice and prepared yakhni. Cook until rice are 3/4th done.
6

Cover now with a lid and cook on very slow flame until all the water of rice is absorbed.
7

When the water is about to get absorbed add fried onions on rice and cover again with lid and put on dum
8

Once the water is all absorbed and the rice are done, switch off flame
9

Dish out hot and serve with love ❤