Kodi Pulao/ Chicken Pulao

Kodi Pulao

For Chicken Marination:

Chicken Drumsticks - 750 g (Skin removed, please read tips and cut in to two pieces, wash)
Turmeric - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Black pepper powder - 1 tsp
Yoghurt - 3 tbsp
Ginger and Garlic paste - 1 tsp each
Salt - 1 tsp
Lemon - 1 no.

Marinate these for 1/2 an hour and pre-cook it with out oil until 3/4 th cooked.

Set 1:

Cardamom - 3 no. (just split it to open)
Whole cloves - 4 no.
Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
Mace/ Javithri - 1 no.
Marati Mogga - 2 no.
Star anise - 1 no.
Bayleaves - 5 no.
Bujju Puvvu - small handful

Soak these in water until needed.

Set 2:

Cardamom - 3 no.
Whole cloves - 4 no.
Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
Nutmeg powder - 1/4 th tsp
Mace/ Javithri - 1 no.

Powder these coarsely in pestle and cover until needed.

Other things we need:

Onion - 1/2 no.large (Sliced thinly and cut in half once)
Green chillies - 2 no. (Slit length ways)
Pudina/ Mint - handful
Oil + Ghee - 1 and 1/2 tbsp each
*Home made Chicken masala - 1 tsp ( for masala ingredients follow my kodi kura recipe)

Basmati Rice - 5 rice cups (*use Kohinoor Basmati, I just love the aroma of the rice)

Water - 6 and 1/2 rice cups + 1 rice cup Lite Coconut Milk + 2 tsp Salt (mix these and keep aside.)



Proceed :

1) Heat oil and ghee in a deep flat non-stick dish, add set 1 spices, discarding water. After that add Set 2 powder, be careful not to burn the spice powder. Add mint leaves and green chillies, Mix well.

2) Add onions and fry until light golden color.

3) Add cooked chicken pieces along with the liquid it has produced during cooking. Mix well. Add my *Home made chicken masala powder and mix. Fry for 3-4 mins or until all the liquid has dried up.

Meanwhile wash the rice 3 times, discard water and add this rice to above dish and cook on high heat by mixing gently to combine. Now transfer this to electric cooker, add measured water to it, gently mix, put the lid on and cook.

4) Once it's stopped cooking, do not open the lid. Wait for 10 mins and clean the lid with the help of cloth and put the lid back. Do this for every 10 mins, until you finished off 30 mins stand by.

5) Now gently mix with fork to combine and serve.

Serve with Kodi Kura and Perugu chutney on side.


Tips:

To remove skin with ease, hold the drumstick at its bulky end. Take a thick paper towel and pull the skin off using it.

Before mixing the rice with a fork, remove all the spices which came on top after you waited for 30 mins stand by, this will ensure it won't get in between while you are eating. That's why all my rice dishes has no spices in the pictures. :-)

Meanings:

Kodi = Chicken
Bujju Puvvu = Dagad Phool = Black Stone Flower

Menu Suggestions:

Can be served with Kodi Vepudu or Chepa Vepudu or Royyalu Vepudu, Kodi Kura or Goat Curry or Royyalu Iguru and Perugu Chutney on side.

© 2006 by Rajani Rayudu