Cheese and Chicken Pulao by Zubaida Tariq in Handi

Ingredients:

• Rice                        2 cups
• Cottage Cheese            2 packet
• Chicken (12 pieces)            1 ½ kg
• Oil                         1 cup
• Onions (finely chopped)        3
• Black Pepper                4
• Green Cardamoms            4
• Julienned Green Chilies        6
• Ginger Garlic Paste            1 tbsp
• Yogurt                    1 tbsp
• Salt                        to taste
• For Stock:
• Garlic Clove                1
• Ginger                    1 piece
• Onion                    1
• Fennel Seeds                1 tsp
• Coriander                 1 tbsp
• Salt                        to taste
• Water                    4 cups

Method:

1. Cook chicken with garlic clove, ginger piece, onion, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, salt and 4 cups water.
2. Heat oil in a pan and fry onions till they turn golden brown.
3. Remove half of the fried onions and keep it aside.
4. Add 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste with remaining onions, 4 black pepper, green cardamoms and 1 tbsp yogurt.
5. Cook and stir for a while.
6. Add stock and salt in the pan and leave it to cook for 2 min.
7. When water starts drying off, keep the pan on tawa and leave it to simmer.
8. Now heat oil and fry cottage cheese cubes and green chilies.
9. Remove rice on a serving platter, add fried cottage cheese and green chilies with fried onions and serve hot.