Chicken Majboose

This dish is for my sweet sis in law "Shamina".



Ingredients

• Basmati rice ( 1 cup )
• Chicken ( 1/2 kg, cut in to big pieces )
• Cinammon ( 4 nos )
• Cloves ( 4 nos )
• Kaskas ( 1 pinch )
• Cardamom ( 2 nos )
• Jathi pathri ( 1 no )
• Pepper ( 5 nos )
• Ginger Garlic Paste ( 1 tea spoon )
• Pepper powder ( 1 tea spoon )
• Turmeric powder ( 1 tea spoon )
• Coriander powder ( 2 tea spoon )
• Onion (  1 sliced )
• Green Chilly ( 2 sliced )
• Tomato puree ( 1/2 cup )
• Tomato ( 1 )
• Dried Lemon ( 1, soaked in water )
• Soya Sauce ( 1/2 tea spoon )
• Coriander Leaves
• Tomato Sauce ( 1 tea spoon )
• Chilly Sauce ( 1 tea spoon )
• Carrot ( 1 chopped )
• Green peas ( 50 gm )
• Water ( 2 cup )
• Olive Oil (  as required )
• Cashew Nuts ( 8 nos )
• Raisins ( 10 nos )
• Salt ( as required )

Process

Mix chicken pieces with lemon juice.

Soak basmati rice in water for 30 minutes.

Fry cashew nuts and raisins.

Take a big pan and add olive oil in to it.

Add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, jathipathri , kaskas and pepper in to it.

Add onion, ginger garlic paste and coriander leaves.

Fry it for a minute.

Add green chilly, tomato puree , tomato and salt.

Add chicken pieces, cumin powder,  turmeric powder, pepper powder and corinader powder.

Add dry lemon in to it.

Stir well and fry for a minute.

Add 2 cups of water to it.

Boil it until chicken pieces are cooked.

Take cooked chicken pieces from gravy and keep it aside.

Add soaked rice in to gravy.

Add carrot and green peas in to it.

Boil it for 5 minutes .

Add hot water ( If needed for cooking rice ).

Mix the boiled chicken pieces with soya sauce, tomato sauce and chilly sauce.

Grill chicken pieces with 1 tea spoon of olive oil in a fry pan.

Add grilled chicken pieces in to boiled rice and stop cooking.

Cover it for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes add fried cashews and raisins.

Stir well and serve hot!!!