Recipe of Eric Ripert Chicken Akhni (Pilau)

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken akhni (pilau). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Akhni (Pilau) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Chicken Akhni (Pilau) is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken akhni (pilau) using 18 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Akhni (Pilau):

1. Prepare 2 cups Long grain Basmati Rice
2. Get 3 onions
3. Take 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
4. Get 1 tablespoon Cumin seeds
5. Take 1 tablespoon Cumin and coriander powder
6. Get 2 teaspoons chillie powder
7. Get 2 teaspoons Durban Masala
8. Prepare Half teaspoon Turmeric
9. Get 3 bay leaves
10. Get 2 star anise
11. Make ready 2 Cinnamon sticks
12. Take 3 potatoes, washed,chopped and fried separately
13. Take 1 teaspoon salt
14. Take 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables, fried in butter until soft
15. Take 1 chicken or 1kg lamb
16. Prepare 2 tomatoes grated
17. Get Soft boiled Eggs, optional
18. Take 1 tablespoon Ginger and garlic paste

Instructions to make Chicken Akhni (Pilau):

1. Heat oil in a pot, add a heaped tablespoon of butter or Margarine,to this add cumin seeds, Bay leaves
2. Allow onions to fry until golden brown
3. Add 1 tablespoon Ginger and garlic paste to the fried onions
4. Lower the heat
5. Add in salt, chillie powder, Turmeric, cumin and coriander powder
6. Add in grated or blended tomatoes
7. Add chicken or lamb pieces to the pot
8. Add half a cup of water and allow meat to soften and gravy to thicken
9. Set aside
10. Rince the rice in warm water, add about 4 cups boiling water, now throw in the cinnamon sticks, 4 teaspoons salt and star anise, boil rice until half cooked
11. Drain the rice using a collender
12. Fry mixed vegetables in butter until soft and add it to the rice,mix well
13. Fry potatoes and add the chicken and gravy
14. In a separate pot,oven safe or a casserole dish layer half rice at the bottom, pour chicken gravy and potatoes over the rice, add boiled eggs, top with remaining rice
15. Pour a cup of water over the rice
16. Cover and allow to steam in the oven for 30 minutes at 180° Celcius
17. Garnish with fresh coriander
18. Serve with salads or raita

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