Aromatic spices, tender chicken, and perfectly cooked rice — Majboos at its finest.
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Ingredients:
🔪Basmati rice – 500 g
🔪Chicken – 900 g
🔪Dry lemon – 1
🔪Capsicum – 1 small
🔪Green chillies – 3
🔪Onion – 1 medium
🔪Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tbsp
🔪Tomato paste – 1 tbsp
🔪Whole garam masala – as required
🔪Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp
🔪Ghee – 1 tbsp
🔪Salt – to taste
🔪Turmeric powder – 2 tsp
🔪Kashmiri chilli powder – 1½ tbsp
🔪Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
🔪Cumin powder – ½ tbsp
🔪Black pepper powder – 1 tsp
🔪Red chilli flakes – ½ tsp
🔪Maggi cube – 1
🔪Water – 1¾ cups
Method:
• Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add whole garam masala, onion, green chillies, capsicum, and ginger-garlic paste. Sauté until aromatic.
• Add salt, Kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, tomato paste, Maggi cube, and dry lemon. Mix well.
• Add chicken and sauté briefly. Pour in water and cook for about 20 minutes after boiling begins.
• Remove chicken pieces. Add strained rice to the remaining stock and cook until the water is absorbed.
• Place the chicken over the rice, cover with the lid (no heat), and rest for 20 minutes.
• Remove the chicken, marinate with butter, Kashmiri chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, black pepper, red chilli flakes, and salt. Pan-sear for 2 minutes.
• Serve the seared chicken over the Majboos rice.
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