Chicken Pulao

9” round, 3” deep dish with cover
1 ½ cups basmati rice
4 pieces of chicken (2 legs & 2 thighs or 2 legs & 2 breasts)
2 medium sized onions – sliced thinly
4 laung (cloves)
1” stick dalchini (cinnamon)
2 moti illaichi
3tbsp pure ghee
2 medium size tomatoes- chopped finely
2 tsp salt
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp garlic paste, 1 tsp ginger paste
2 ½ cups water

1.Wash & soak the rice in water for 1 hour.
2.In the dish, add ghee, onion, moti illaichi, laung & dalchini, Micro high uncovered 3 minutes.
3.Add rice, chicken, tomatoes, salt garam masala, red chillies, garlic & ginger paste. Mix well.
4.Add 2 ½ cup water. Mix .
5.Micro high covered 17 minutes.
6.Let stand 4-5 minutes. Fluff it up with a fork to separate the grains of rice.
7.Serve hot.


Note: when you finish cooking, some water may still remain in the rice but it is absorbad  during standing time as cooking process still continues for a while, even after the rice is removed from the microwave.

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