Chicken khichda.
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Chicken khichda is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It's enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chicken khichda is something which I've loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken khichda using 36 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken khichda:
- {Take 500 gm of basmati rice (long grain)/nafees chawal.
- {Prepare 2 of green cardamom.
- {Take 2 of cloves.
- {Make ready 1 of small cinnamon.
- {Prepare 4 of kabab chini (peppercorns).
- {Take 3 tbsp of salt.
- {Get of Chicken.
- {Take 500 gm of chicken (big size).
- {Get 1 of onion sliced.
- {Prepare 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
- {Make ready 2 tbsp of curd.
- {Prepare 1 of / tsp chilli powder.
- {Prepare 1/4 tsp of garam masala powder.
- {Make ready 2 of alu bukhara (dried plum).
- {Get 1/2 tsp of salt.
- {Make ready 3 tbsp of refined oil.
- {Take of Potato.
- {Make ready 1/2 kg of potato.
- {Take 1 tbsp of curd.
- {Get 1/4 tsp of chilli powder.
- {Get 1 tbsp of refined oil.
- {Get 1/2 tsp of salt.
- {Take 1 pinch of saffron colour.
- {Take of Chana dal.
- {Get 100 gm of chana dal.
- {Take 1/4 tsp of salt.
- {Prepare 1 cup of water.
- {Make ready of Assembling.
- {Get 1 tsp of kewra water.
- {Take 2 drops of biryani essence.
- {Take 1 of onion sliced and brown.
- {Get 2 tbsp of milk.
- {Get of Few strands saffron.
- {Prepare 1 pinch of saffron colour (zafrani rang).
- {Take 1/2 tsp of garam.masala powder.
- {Prepare 2 tbsp of hot ghee.
Instructions to make Chicken khichda:
- Chicken: Wash and clean chicken. Then marinade it with salt, curd, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, alu bukhara and garam.masala for 30 mins. Heat oil in a kadhai and fry the sliced onions till golden then add the marinated chicken and cook on high flame for 3 mins. The add 1/2cup water, cover the lid and cook on slow flame till the chicken is tender and dry. Keep aside..
- Potato: wash and clean potato and cut into half. Apply saffron colour. Heat oil in a separate kadhai and then add the potatoes, fry on high flame for 2 -3mins then add curd, salt and chilli powder and mix, add 1 cup water and cover lid and cook on slow flame till the potatoes are tender and dry. Keep aside..
- Wash and soak chana dal for 30 mins. Then pressure cook the dal with water (just enough to make the dal soft) and salt for 3 whistles on slow flame. Keep aside (the chana dal should also be dry.).
- Rice: wash and soak rice for 1 hour. Then boil enough water in a pot and add salt, green cardamom, cloves, peppercorn and cinnamon. Then add soaked rice and cook 80% and drain away the excess water. Keep aside. Divide into 2 equal portions..
- Assembling: in a big pot to make khichda add 1 portion of the rice and spread nicely to make the 1st layer. Then add the chicken,potato and chana dal to make another layer. Drizzle some kewra water and sprinkle some garam masala on it, add a little fried onions. Put another layer of rice. Drizzle some hot ghee, then drizzle some kewra water and essence, then drizzle the kesar milk on top, add a pinch of zafarni rang here and there, then sprinkle some garam masala and lastly add the fried onions..
- Cover the pot with a heavy lid and cover the entire lid with a wet cloth from all sides to seal (or u can use ata dough also). Keep on dum for 20 mins..
- Serve hot khichda with salad or raita..
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