Murgh Pulao Or Bengali Style Chicken Pulao

Name: Murgh Pulao
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 5 h 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: Chicken 500 gm.; Curd 4 tablespoons; Turmeric 1/2 teaspoon; Red chili powder 1/2 teaspoon or to taste; Cumin powder 1 1/2 teaspoon; Coriander powder 1 1/2 teaspoon; Vegetable oil 1 tablespoon; Vegetable oil 3 tablespoons; Ghee 2 tablespoons; Onion 2 medium size, finely sliced; Cinnamon stick 1"; Green & black cardamom pods 2 each; Cloves 4; Javetry or mace blades 2; Jaifal 1 decent pinch; Bay leaf 2; Green chili 2 to 3 broken pieces; Ginger grated 1 teaspoon; Garlic grated 1 teaspoon; Cashew 5 to 6 pieces; Poppy seed 2 teaspoons; Basmati rice 2cups, washed under tap water and soaked into tap water for 15 minutes; Salt & sugar as per taste

Poultry
Aug 18, 2017
Moumita Ghosh
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Chicken Pulao is a one pot hassle free meal can be served with raita and sliced cucumber. Today is the day before we going for our 1st trip with our Baby boy 'Chomchom'. And before any trip I do least grocery because if vegetables are left might be got rotten. So only few pieces of chicken was in the freezer and some common vegetables like onion, ginger garlic, cucumber were in the kitchen basket. Got a half dabba of curd in the freeze. So decided to make Chicken pulao, which will be our dinner for the last night before trip. I cooked the Pulao in an earthen handi, which gave a rustic flavour to the polao. And here is the result. let's have a loot at the recipe.

Details

Yields

2 serving(s)

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Time

Preperation
300 Minutes

Cooking
45 Minutes

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Cooking Level
Medium

Meal Type
Lunch

Cuisine
Indian

Ingredients of Murgh Pulao

For marinating :

Chicken 500 gm.
Curd 4 tablespoons
Turmeric 1/2 teaspoon
Red chili powder 1/2 teaspoon or to taste
Cumin powder 1 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander powder 1 1/2 teaspoon
Vegetable oil 1 tablespoon

For the Pulao:

Vegetable oil 3 tablespoons
Ghee 2 tablespoons
Onion 2 medium size, finely sliced
Cinnamon stick 1"
Green & black cardamom pods 2 each
Cloves 4
Javetry or mace blades 2
Jaifal 1 decent pinch
Bay leaf 2
Green chili 2 to 3 broken pieces
Ginger grated 1 teaspoon
Garlic grated 1 teaspoon
Cashew 5 to 6 pieces
Poppy seed 2 teaspoons
Basmati rice 2cups, washed under tap water and soaked into tap water for 15 minutes
Salt & sugar as per taste

Directions to make Murgh Pulao in steps

Steps

Take the chicken pieces, wash under tap water, drain the excess water very well by putting into a large strainer for 15minutes.
In the meantime take a large bowl, beat the curd with a fork, add turmeric, red chili, cumin, coriander powder and 1 tablespoon mustard oil and mix well. Now add the chicken pieces
into the bowl and marinate with the curd mixture. Put the marinated chicken into the refrigerator for overnight or at least 4 hours. Remove the chicken before 30 minutes of cooking.
Now take a Earthen handi or a normal handi, heat oil in it, add sliced onion and fry till golden brown, take the fried onion and put on a paper towel.
Now add ghee into the handi, temper the oil and ghee with whole garam masala like cinnamon, cardamom, javetry, jaifal, bay leaf and fry till a nice aroma comes from it.
Add the grated ginger garlic & chili and fry for few seconds. In the meantime make a paste of poppy seeds & cashew using little water. Add the paste into the handi and some salt, sugar and fry for 30 seconds. sprinkle some water to prevent the spices from burning.
Now add marinated chicken pieces along with half of the total quantity of fried onion, rest will be used for garnishing. Keep stirring and mixing the chicken with the spices.
Cover the handi for 5 minutes and lower the heat to get the chicken cooked. After 5minutes open the lid and see lots of water has come out from the chicken.
Let's evaporate the excess water. Now add the soaked rice into the handi and 3 1/2 cups of warm water, check the salt & sugar, add if needed some, cover the handi and leave it for 15minutes on medium heat.
After 15 minutes open the lid and the rice will be cooked perfectly.
Serve hot with raita and slices cucumber onion salad, garnished with fried onion and chopped green chili if you like.