Step-by-Step Guide to Make Quick Chicken Yakhni Pulao

Chicken Yakhni Pulao.

You can cook Chicken Yakhni Pulao using 34 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Yakhni Pulao

1. Prepare of For Chicken Broth.
2. You need 1 kg of Chicken.
3. It's 4 of Garlic cloves.
4. Prepare 1 inch of Ginger.
5. You need 1 of Onion medium size.
6. It's 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
7. Prepare 1 tbsp of Coriander seeds.
8. You need 1 tsp of Fennel seeds.
9. It's 2 of bay leaves.
10. It's 5-6 of cloves.
11. It's 1 inch of Cinnamon stick.
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of pepper corns.
13. It's 1 of Star anise.
14. Prepare 1 of Black cardamom.
15. It's 4 of Cardamom.
16. It's 2 tsp of Salt.
17. You need 4 cups of Water.
18. It's of For pulao.
19. It's 2 cups of Basmati Rice.
20. You need 4 tbsp of Oil.
21. Prepare 1 tbsp of Butter.
22. You need 1 of Onion medium size.
23. You need 3/4 tsp of Cumin seeds.
24. Prepare 1 of Bay leaf.
25. Prepare 8 of Black peppercorns.
26. It's 3 of Cardamom.
27. It's 4 of cloves.
28. You need 2 tsp of Ginger Garlic paste.
29. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Mace.
30. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Nutmeg.
31. It's 4 tbsp of Curd.
32. It's 3/4 tsp of sugar.
33. Prepare 4 of Green Chillies.
34. You need to taste of Salt.

Chicken Yakhni Pulao instructions

1. In a pot take cleaned chicken preferably with bone as it gives more flavour to the pulao and bigger piece as we will be cooking the chicken twice. Add all other ingredients for broth. Boil for 8 mins on high heat and 15 mins on low heat..
2. Meanwhile wash and soak basmati rice for half an hour. Take out the cooked chicken on to a plate and set aside. Filter the broth and discard the residue..
3. In a pan heat oil and butter. Add sliced onion and saute till translucent. Add the whole spices and saute..
4. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes away..
5. Add the cooked chicken pieces and saute well. Add powdered mace and nutmeg..
6. Beat curd with sugar and add to the pan and saute on low flame..
7. Add whole green chillies and saute for a minute(add more green chilies as per spicy required and you can slit them too). Add the reserved 4 cups of chicken stock and let it come to a boil..
8. Add the drained basmati rice and cook until water is reduced on high heat..
9. Cover the lid and cook on low flame for 10-15 mins. You can place the pan on hot tawa and dum the pulao. Let it rest for 20mins b4 opening the lid..
10. Serve hot flavorful Chicken Yakhni Pulao..