CHICKEN TIKKA PILAU

Ingerdients:.

 To Marinate Chicken:. 

      1: chicken 1 & 1/2 kg (cut in 8 or 12 pieces)

      2: thick greek yogurt 1 cup

      3: yellow food colour 1/4 tsp

      4: cumin seeds 1 & 1/2 tbsp (dry roasted and crushed)

      5: salt 1 tsp (heaped)

      6: lemon juice 8 tbsp

      7: red chilli powder 1 tsp (slightly heaped)

      8: ginger & garlic paste 2 tbsp

      9: chaat masala powder 1 tsp

      10: coal to smoke the chicken

      11: oil 4 tbsp

 For Garnishing:.

      1: onion 2 large (cut in rings)

      2: green chilli 3 (sliced)

   

 For Pilau:.

      1: rice 1 kg (washed & soaked 20 minutes)

      2: onions 1 large (sliced)

      3: cloves 8

      4: Chinese salt 1 tbsp

      5: black pepper corns 20

      6: green cardamom 6

      7: black cardamom 3

      8: green chilli 5 (slice in two)

      9: cumin seeds 1 tbsp

     10: cinnamon stick 2 pieces

     11: ginger & garlic paste 2 tbsp

     12: chicken stock cube 1 to 2 (mix with 1/2 cup hot water)

     13: salt 1 tbsp

     14: oil 1 cup

METHOD:.

 1: marinate chicken food colour, lemon juice, cumin, salt, red chilli, chaat masala, ginger & garlic paste, yogurt mix well  cover and leave it for half to 1 hour.
 2: for pilau: heat oil add onion, cloves, black pepper corns, cinnamon stick, black cardamom, green cardamom, cumin  seeds, green chilli, ginger & garlic paste and fry till dark golden on high flame.
 3: then add the soaked rice, water 9 cups, chicken cube mixed with water, salt, Chinese salt, mix cover and cook on  high flame till the water dries and the rice is cooked.
 4: now cover the lid with a tea towel and simmer the rice on low flame for 10 minutes. after 10 minutes close the flame.
 5: for chicken tikka: heat oil add the marinated chicken, wait for a boil on high flame, then cover and cook on low to  medium flame till the chicken is cooked and oil comes on surf.
 6: heat the coal.
 7: place a piece of foil, add the hot coal, add little oil on the coal, cover till the smoke settles.
 8: to serve: place the pilau in a dish, top it with the chicken, garnish it with the onion rings, green chilli.
 9: serve hot with any chutney.