Chicken Yakni Pulao

Name: Chicken Yakni Pulao
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups Fine basmati rice; 300 gram Chicken; 4 Green cardamom; 2 inch Cinnamon stick; 1 Bay leaf; 4 Onion finely sliced; 2 tsp Ginger garlic paste; 1 pinch Nutmeg powder; 1 pinch Mace powder; 2 table spoon Ghee; 3 Slitted green chilli; 1/2 cup Yogurt; to taste Salt; As needed Pomegranate for garnishing; Coriander leaf for garnishing

Aparajita Dutta @cook_9630376

Delhi

#Chicken_Recipes

Yakni Pulao is the cuisine of Lucknow. Here the flavoured chicken is cooked along with the rice unlike biryani where chicken and rice are cooked separately and then layered.

#Chicken_Recipes

Yakni Pulao is the cuisine of Lucknow. Here the flavoured chicken is cooked along with the rice unlike biryani where chicken and rice are cooked separately and then layered.

Aparajita Dutta @cook_9630376

Delhi

#Chicken_Recipes

Yakni Pulao is the cuisine of Lucknow. Here the flavoured chicken is cooked along with the rice unlike biryani where chicken and rice are cooked separately and then layered.

#Chicken_Recipes

Yakni Pulao is the cuisine of Lucknow. Here the flavoured chicken is cooked along with the rice unlike biryani where chicken and rice are cooked separately and then layered.

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Ingredients

30 minuted

4 people

2 cupsFine basmati rice
300 gramChicken
4Green cardamom
2 inchCinnamon stick
1Bay leaf
4Onion finely sliced
2 tspGinger garlic paste
1 pinchNutmeg powder
1 pinchMace powder
2 table spoonGhee
3Slitted green chilli
1/2 cupYogurt
to tasteSalt
As neededPomegranate for garnishing
Coriander leaf for garnishing

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Steps

30 minuted

1

Wash and soak the rice for at least 15 minutes.
2

Wash and pat dry the chicken.
3

Marinade with yogurt, salt, nutmeg powder, mace powder, ginger garlic paste, salt.
4

Heat ghee in a pan and fry onions until golden brown and crisp.
5

Add marinated chicken in it.
6

Now add the whole spices, bay leaf and slitted green chilli in the hot ghee.
7

Cook until the chicken is half done.
8

Now drain the soaked rice and add in the chicken.
9

Add 4 cups of water and cook covered until the rice is fully done.
10

Check seasoning.
11

Decorate with Pomegranate and coriander chopped.
12

Serve with raita and salad.