Chicken Pulao Recipe in Telugu

Usually we make chicken biryani or chicken pulav sometimes

Let's see how to make chicken pulav with coconut milk

Wash and soak basmati rice for 1/2 hour

Let's marinate chicken first

To a bowl, add washed and cleaned 1 kg chicken

Add 1/2 cup curd, 3 teaspoons chilli powder,

3 teaspoons salt or salt to taste, 2 teaspoons ginger garlic paste,

2 teaspoons coriander seeds powder,

1 teaspoon cumin seeds powder, 2 diced green chillies,

2 tablespoons lemon juice and mix

Marinate for 1/2 hour at least

In the mean time prepare coconut milk

Grind the fresh coconut pieces in a blender

Add 1/2 cup water and grind it again

Strain the prepared mixture

Squeeze the coconut residue left in the strainer for more coconut milk

Squeeze out 2 cups of coconut milk

Heat 1 tablespoon oil or clarified butter (ghee) in a pan

Add whole garam masala - 3 small cinnamon stick pieces,

4 cloves, 1/2 teaspoon shahjeera,

6 cloves, 3 bay leaves and fry

Add chopped onions,

close lid and fry till they turn brown

Add marinated chicken and mix

Close lid and cook on high flame

Cook till water seeping out of the chicken boils away

Add 1/2 cup coriander leaves, 1/2 cup mint leaves and mix

Drain off the water from the soaked basmati rice and add it to the pan

Stir and add coconut milk

We will need 4 cups of water for 2 cups basmati rice, since we are adding 2 cups of coconut milk,

add 2 cups of water Stir and close lid

Stir and cook till rice cooks completely

Spread some clarified butter (ghee) on top, stir once again and cut off the stove

Serve hot

Chicken Pulao Recipe is a quick and easy recipe which can be done in a pressure cooker or rice cooker. This pulao the rice and the chicken are cooked together and so the rice will be very flavorful.