Chicken Pilau # Kenya Pilau Contest#

Name: Chicken Pilau # Kenya Pilau Contest#
Yield: 4-5 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 Chicken, chopped into pieces; 2 Cups Basmati Rice (Washed and soaked); 3 Onions, chopped; 1 Tbsp Whole cumin seeds; 2 Cloves; 2 Cardamons; 2 Cinnamon sticks; 1/2 Tsp Whole Black pepper; 1/2 tsp cumin powder, freshly ground; Veg oil; 1/2 tsp garlic paste; to taste Salt

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

Quick fix pilau .... with few spices.

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

Quick fix pilau .... with few spices.

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Ingredients

4-5 servings

1Chicken, chopped into pieces
2 CupsBasmati Rice (Washed and soaked)
3Onions, chopped
1 TbspWhole cumin seeds
2Cloves
2Cardamons
2Cinnamon sticks
1/2 TspWhole Black pepper
1/2 tspcumin powder, freshly ground
Veg oil
1/2 tspgarlic paste
to tasteSalt

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Steps

1

Boil the chicken with about 3.5 Cups of water, a little ginger garlic paste, salt. Then deep fry (optional).
2

In a cooking pot, heat up the oil and fry the whole spices as mentioned above
3

Then add in your onions and fry till translucent. Add in your cumin powder mix it in (NB: if you have potatoes you add it in here before the cumin powder)
4

Add in the chicken stock and some salt and bring it to boil.
5

Add in your soaked rice (without the water) and stir it in. Let it boil for a few mins.
6

Then add in your chicken and mix it in. Let it simmer till water drains. Cover the pot with charcoal or put in the oven for 5mins.
7

Pilau is ready to serve!