Chicken Pulao

Ingredients

Chicken – 250 gm

Basmati rice – ½ kg

Onion – 1

cumin seed - 1 tsp

 ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

tomato – 1

green chilli – 2

few curry leaves or 1 bay leaf

red chilli powder – 1 tsp

corriander powder – 1 tsp

roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

garam masala – ½ tsp

juice of half lemon

corriander and mint leaves

salt as per taste

Method

Wash chicken and keep aside.

Wash rice and soak in water for half an hour.

Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let it splutter. Then add curry leaves, green chillies and stir fry for a minute. Then add onions and fry till golden brown in color.

Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes and then add tomato and cook till it is completely mashed.

Then add all the powdered masala  and salt and stir fry for a minute and then add chicken pieces. Mix it well and cook for 2 minutes.

Add water double the quantity of rice and corriander leaves and lemon juice.

Let it boil. Add drain rice and cook till the rice is fully cooked on a medium flame.

Serve it hot with raita.