Thursday, January 30, 2014

carrot chicken rice

recipe...

Ingredients...

  • Boneless chicken cut into small 10-12 pieces
  • Grated carrot 2 medium sized
  • Cinnamon 1-2 piece
  • Cloves 3-4
  • Cardamom 3-4
  • Cashew nuts 5-6 broken
  • Raisins 5-6
  • Ghee 2-3 tablespoons
  • Jeera 2 tspoons
  • Sliced onions 1 medium
  • Chilly ginger garlic paste 1 tablespoon
  • Red chilly powder 1/4 tspoon
  • Turmeric powder 1-2 pinch
  • Garam masala 1/4 tspoon
  • Biryani masala 1/4 tspoon
  • Chicken masala 1/4 tspoon(optional)
  • Boiled/ cooked rice 1 1/2 cups
  • Lemon juice 1-2 table spoons
  • Spring onions 4-5,chopped
  • Chopped cilantro 1/4 cup
  • Crushed pepper 1/4 tspoon
  • Oil 2-3 tablespoons
  • Salt to taste
For marinating chicken
  • Red chilly powder 1/4 tspoon
  • Coriander powder 1/2 tspoon
  • Turmeric powder  1/4 tspoon
  • Crushed pepper 1/4 tspoon
  • Garam masala 1/4 tspoon
  • Lemon juice 1 -2 tspoon
  • Yoghurt 1 tablespoon
  • Chilly ginger garlic paste 2 tspoons
  • Salt to taste
Procedure....
  • Firstly clean the chicken pieces and marinate with the ingredients mentioned below"for marinating chicken"
  • Keep it for at least 30 minutes
  • Now take a nonstick pan and heat on medium flame
  • Add oil into it and when its hot add the marinated chicken pieces
  • Saute them until they are cooked and get brown color
  • Now remove the chicken pieces into a plate and add ghee to the same pan
  • When its hot enough add all the dry masalas and cashews 
  • When they r done add raisins
  • When raisins swell add onions.and saute well until golden brown
  • Now add chilly ginger garlic paste and saute well till the raw smell goes
  • Again add all the masalas(powders) and saute them
  • Add carrots and sprinkle some water and cook it by covering the lid on low flame for 5-6 minutes
  • Season it with salt and pepper
  • Now add chicken pieces,lemon juice, spring onions and cilantro
  • Finally add the cooked rice and mix well
  • Again sprinkle some water and cover the lid and cook for 5 minutes on low flame so that all the flavor of carrot and chicken are infused into the rice....this way rice becomes more flavorful
  • After that open the lid and stir the rice  for 2-3 minutes 
  • Serve ur delicious rice recipe garnished with spring onions and some carrot slices...


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