Mughlai Chicken Pulao

== Description ==
* Ethnicity - Mughlai, North Indian
* Type of meal - Party, Lunch, Dinner
== Ingredients ==
* 1 chicken cleaned and cut
* 1 kg minced mutton
* 2 cups clarified butter (ghee)
* 4 big sized onion (pyaj) minced
* ¼ kg curd (dahi)
* ½ kg rice
* ½ tsp saffron (kesar)
* few sliced and fried almond (badam)
* 4 bay leaf (tej patta)
* 1" long piece cinnamon (tuj/dalchini)
* 10 cloves (lavang)
* 10 cardamoms
* 18 peppercorns (kalimirchi)
* 3 pods garlic (lasun)
* 1" long piece ginger (adrak)
* 1 tsp red chili powder (lal mirchi)
* 2 tsp coriander seeds powder (dhania powder)
* 1 tsp cumin seed powder (jeera)
* ¼ tsp turmeric (haldi) 
== Directions ==
# First grind garlic, ginger, chiili powder, coriander, turmeric and cumin powder to a fine paste.
# Now heat 4 tblsp of ghee and fry 2 onions till brown.
# Add half the whole spices and then add chicken and mince meat and let it brown.
# Add ground spices and fry for a few minutes along with chicken and mince.
# Add 2 cups of hot water, cover and cook till chicken is tender.
# Beat the curd with saffron and add to chicken.
# Cook uncovered for 10 minutes.
# Remove from flame and keep aside.
# Now heat the remaining ghee and fry bay leaves and remaining whole spices.
# Add onions and brown them well.
# Add rice and fry till brown.
# Add enough water to cook rice and also 1 tsp of salt.
# Spread a layer of rice on a flat serving dish and then another layer of meat.
# Repeat with one more layer of each.
# Garnish with almonds.
Category:Mughlai Meat Dishes
Category:Almond Recipes
Category:Mutton Recipes
Category:Chicken Recipes
Category:Chili powder Recipes
Category:Clarified butter Recipes
Category:Coriander seed Recipes
Category:Onion Recipes
Category:Yogurt Recipes
Category:Mughlai Cuisine