In this recipe a spice bag is cooked with chicken, garlic & turmeric in water to make a delicious golden stock. This stock is then reserved and the rice is cooked in it together with the chicken, the spice bag ingredients pureed, onion and more spices. Once cooked in the pressure cooker, you get beautiful and fragrant golden Basmati grains.
Here are the ingredients and steps to make this recipe!
Instant Pot Chicken Pulao
Spice bag
3 tbsps Fennel seeds
1 tbsp Cumin seeds
4 Green Cardamoms
2 inches Cinnamon
8 Cloves
8 Peppercorns
Stock
1/4 cup crushed Garlic
800 gms Chicken
Spice bag
Salt
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Rice
2 cups of Basmati rice, soaked and rinsed
5 cups of Water
2 Bay leaves
1 tsp Shah Jeera
4 green Cardamoms
2 cups sliced Onions
Spice paste – spice bag contents + few tbsps stock
4 cups stock
Salt to taste
1 tbsp fresh or dried Mint
Prepare the spice bag by adding the spices in a cheesecloth and tie it
Prepare the stock by sautéing some garlic in oil in the instant pot set on saute mode
Add the chicken pieces, salt and turmeric
Cover with water, cover, set the IP to sealing mode and set the IP to pressure cooker and select 6 mins
After 6 minutes, allow the steam to escape and open the lid
Remove the spice bag and allow to cool
Remove the chicken pieces
Strain the stock and save the garlic
Add the garlic to a processor and add the contents of the spice bag
Add a few tbsps of the stock and grind
Turn the IP back onto saute mode, add some oil and the whole spices (bay leaves, black cumin & cardamom
Add the onions and saute till caramelized
Add the ground paste in
Add the chicken
Add the stock
Add the rinsed & drained rice
Add the fresh or dried mint
Close the IP and set to sealing mode again
Set the IP to pressure cook for 5 mins
Allow the steam to naturally escape and open the lid & fluff the rice
Remove the rice immediately from the IP in order to cool it immediately
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