Long time I wanted to post the most favorite food of mine. So, here it is.
Ingredients
Basmati Rice - 3.5 cups
Chicken -1/2 kg
Big Onion - 6 (medium sized)
Green chilli - 3 (big ones)
Garlic cloves - 50 grams
Ginger - 50 grams
Tomato - 3
Coriander leaves - 1 hand full
Mint leaves - 1 hand full
Cinnamon - 1 big piece
Curry leaves 2 sprigs
Cloves - 3-4
Cardamon - 2-3
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Ghee or Vanaspati - 4 tsp
Refined oil as required
Salt to taste
Cashew nuts and Raisins - as much as you like
How To Prepare
Step 1: Wash and clean the chicken and cook it in a vessel with turmeric, salt, 1 piece of cinnamon and 1 clove. Half cook the chicken in required water. Seperate the chicken pieces and retain the chicken stock.
Step 8: Add the curry leaves and the freshly ground Ginger-Garlic-Green chillies paste. Fry till the raw smell fades.
Step 9: Now measure the chicken stock in the same cup you measured rice and add to this. For the remaining water you require for the rice, add the water you boiled earlier and kept aside.
Note: Pour the exact amount of water you require for the rice otherwise the rice will get over cooked and loose its texture.
Step 10: Add the required salt and let the water boil. Then add the rice and chicken pieces and close the lid. Cook for 5-10 minutes. Make sure it is on medium flame and it does not get caught at the bottom. Once the rice is close to getting done, switch to low flame, close the lid and keep a heavy vessel on top of the lid. Dum cook it for 5 mins. Switch off the stove and allow it to dum cook.
Step 11: Garnish this with the dry fruits.