Chicken Masala Rice

This is another quick (jhat-pat) recipe and is a kind of replacement of Biriyani.I know there can not be a replacement for Biriyani but if you don't want to put a lot of effort to make Biriyani but still want to have a testy,mouthwatering full meal very quickly then this is right recipe that you are looking for.

Ingredients:

• 2 cup rice
• 200 gms of boneless chicken or 2-3 chicken leg pieces
•  4-5 spoon fried onion
• 2-3 spoon plain curd
• 2-3 teaspoon of onion paste
• 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of red chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder.
• 6-7 teaspoon of chopped coriander
• 1-2 teaspoon of chopped green chili
• 5-6 teaspoon of white oil 
• 2-3 drops of food color.
• salt as per taste

Procedure:

Though I did this preparation with chicken drumsticks but I would suggest to do it with boneless chicken.The reason behind is it takes more time to cook leg pieces than the boneless ones and this is actually a 'jhat-pat' recipe.

•  Marinate the boneless chicken with curd,onion paste,ginger garlic paste,red chili powder,coriander powder,cumin powder and garam masala powder for 30mins.
• Boil 2 cups rice with at least 8 cups of water and salt until it is half done.Please note do not cook it fully.Once it is half done drain the excess water from it.
• Take a non-stick pan and put it in medium heat.Pour the marinated chicken in it, add salt and mix it well for 5 mins.
• Add half done rice on top of it.spread it equally.
• Sprinkle coriander powder,fried onion,chopped green chili and some garam masala powder.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup of water.
• Before covering it with lid , use a aluminum foil to cover it first then use the lid on top of it.
• Put it in low heat and let it cook for 30-40mins.
• After that add food color with 3-4 tablespoon of water and spread it on the rice.This is totally optional.You can avoid adding it if you don't want to add.
• Mix the rice with the chicken very well and switch off your oven.Cover the lid once again for another 5mins.
• Now your Chicken Masala Rice is ready to be served.