Chicken Madhoot / Madghout

Ingredients:

3/4-1 kg chicken, cut into pieces

3 cups sella basmati rice

1 onion

2 tomatoes

6-7 garlic cloves

handful of coriander leaves

1/2 capsicum, chopped

2-3 green chillies

3 tbsp tomato paste

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/2-1 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder

3 tbsp Arabic masala

2 chicken stock cubes

salt to taste

1 dried lemon

1 cinnamon piece

3-4 cardamoms

1 tsp pepper corns

1/2 tsp fennel seeds

4 cloves

5-6 tbsp oil

Preparation:

1. Wash the sella basmati rice and soak in water for 15 minutes.
2. Grind onion, tomatoes, garlic and coriander leaves together to a smooth paste and keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add cardamom, pepper corns, cloves, cinnamon, fennel seeds and dried lemon and saute for few seconds.
4. Add chopped capsicum and green chillies and saute.
5. Then add ground paste and saute well till raw smell goes.
6. Add tomato paste into this and mix well.
7. Add turmeric powder, kashmiri chilli powder, Arabic masala and chicken stock cubes and mix well.
8. When oil separates, add cleaned chicken pieces and mix well.
9. Add 4 1/2 cup water and salt and mix well.
10. Then add drained rice and mix well and pressure cook at low flame for 1 whistle and switch off the flame.
11. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and transfer to a large serving plate. Serve with salata hara, dakkous, salad etc...

Recipe Source: Instagram