Zafrani Chicken Kofta Pulao

Ingredients

Koftas

400 gms Chicken Kheema
2 tblsp G/G/GC Paste
1 no Egg
1 tsp Jeera Powder
1 tsp Dhania Powder
Salt to Taste
Lemon Juice to Taste
Fresh Hara Dhania & Phudina

Zafrani Rice

300 gms Basmati Rice
½ cup Sliced Onions
2 cups Coconut Milk
½ cup Whole Spices
½ tsp Haldi
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1 strd Curry Leaves
4 tblsp Pure Ghee
1 tblsp Saffron Soaked in Warm Water
Salt to Taste
Chicken Stock as per need

Method

Wash rice thoroughly and soak it for 30 minutes. Meanwhile take chicken kheema in a large bowl and add all its ingredients and mix well. Make golf size koftas and keep it aside.

Heat a rice pot and add ghee. As the ghee smokes, add whole garam masalas. Once the masala crackles, add onions and sauté until onions is translucent. Add powdered masalas stirring for a minute more. Now add coconut milk and curry leaves. Bring to boil. Once the milk starts boiling, add 1 or 2 cups of stock and stir boiling once again. Stir in the soaked saffron, add salt to taste and simmer the heat.

Now add rice and high the heat once again. Stirring the rice slowly and carefully. Once the rice is 60% done, simmer the heat and remove half the quantity of the rice in a separate pot.

Layer chicken koftas carefully in the first half cooked rice. Cover it with the rice which was removed. Add a cup of stock if needed. Cover the pot and let it dum cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until done.

Uncover the pot and you shall smell the aroma of flavored kofta pulao. Drizzle some pure ghee on the rice and...GarNICHE as you like and serve with choice of riata.

Tips & Notes:

Whole Spices
2-3 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick, 4-5 green cardamom,

2 bay leaves, 1 tsp jeera, 2-3 star anise.