Grilled Chicken Drumstick Pulao
Here is a tasty home style recipe of Chicken Drumstick Pulao… hope you will enjoy the recipe… This dish is served with Raita and Salad…
Ingredients
6 Chicken Drumsticks
2 cups Basmati Rice- washed and soaked for 30 minutes
1 Big size Onion sliced
2 tbsp Garlic, Ginger and Red Chilli finely crushed
2 tablespoons Coriander leaves, mint and Green chillies finely chopped
Salt to taste
4 Green Chillies
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tsp Chicken Masala powder
1 tsp Garam masala powder
1 tsp Chaat Masala
2 Cloves
2 Green Cardamom
1 inch Cinnamon
2 Bay leaves
3 tbsp Broken Cashews and Raisins
2 tbsp Ghee
1 tsp Mustard Oil
4 tbsp Beaten Curd
3 Boiled Eggs cut into halves
Method
Take a heavy base pot, add ghee, add the sliced onions, on medium low flame fry the sliced onion until golden brown in colour. Remove 1/2 of the fried onion and keep them aside. Now add the bay leaves, cloves, green cardamom, cinnamon, broken cashews- raisins, ginger- garlic- chilli paste and half of the chopped coriander - mint - chilli. Sauté for a minute. Add the chicken drumsticks and salt to taste, sauté for 2 to 3 minutes, add salt, turmeric powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and chicken masala powder. Stir for few seconds, add 1/4 cup water and continue to sauté until the water evaporates. Add 4 cups of water. Cover and cook for about 10 minutes. Drain all the water from the rice. Remove the chicken drumsticks from the simmering stock. Add the rice into the stock, cover and cook until 80 percent done. Meanwhile take a bowl, add the beaten curd, salt to taste, chaat masala and mustard oil. Mix all the ingredients together. Add the chicken drumsticks into the bowl and coat the batter well on the chicken drumsticks. In between check the rice, once done switch off the flame, garnish the rice with fried onion, eggs, green chillies and chopped coriander- mint. Cover the rice and keep. Grill the chicken drumsticks at 180 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes, until golden brown in colour. Once done, place the grilled chicken drumsticks over the rice. Switch on the flame and cook for another 5 minutes. Switch off the flame and keep the pulao covered for 30 minutes before serving. Serve with salad and raita.
