Name: Chicken Dal Pulao With Cucumber Bell Pepper Raita recipe by Akum Jamir at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: Chicken - 250 gm; Toor Dal - ¼ cup; Basmati rice - 1½ cup; Bay leave - 1 small; Cinnamon - 1 stick; Green Cardamom - 3 nos; Cloves - 4 nos; Onion - 2 thinly sliced; Tomato - 1 large thinly sliced; Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp; Green chillies - 2 whole; Turmeric Powder - a pinch; Chilly powder - ¼ tsp; Garam masala powder - ½ tsp; Coriander powder - ½ tsp; Curd - 3 tbsp; Coriander leaves - few leaves chopped; Oil - 3 tbsp; Salt to taste; Water - 2¼ cup approx; For cucumber bell pepper raita:; Curd - 1 cup; English cucumber - 1 small chopped; Yellow and Green bell peppers - ½ cup; Onion - 1 small chopped; Green chilly - 1-2 chopped

ABOUT Chicken Dal Pulao With Cucumber Bell Pepper Raita RECIPE

When you want to have something good, delicious as well as healthy but do not have much time or on a lazy day, this one pot meal chicken dal pulao is a good option. It is moreover quick and easy and doesn't require much of your time.

Ingredients Serving: 3

Chicken - 250 gm
Toor Dal - ¼ cup
Basmati rice - 1½ cup
Bay leave - 1 small
Cinnamon - 1 stick
Green Cardamom - 3 nos
Cloves - 4 nos
Onion - 2 thinly sliced
Tomato - 1 large thinly sliced
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green chillies - 2 whole
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Chilly powder - ¼ tsp
Garam masala powder - ½ tsp
Coriander powder - ½ tsp
Curd - 3 tbsp
Coriander leaves - few leaves chopped
Oil - 3 tbsp
Salt to taste
Water - 2¼ cup approx
For cucumber bell pepper raita:
Curd - 1 cup
English cucumber - 1 small chopped
Yellow and Green bell peppers - ½ cup
Onion - 1 small chopped
Green chilly - 1-2 chopped

Instructions

Wash the basmati rice and dal and soak them in some water and keep aside.
In a pressure cooker heat the oil. Add the whole spices and let it crackle.
Add ginger garlic paste, onion, green chillies and saute for a min. Add tomatoes and saute for a min.
Add the masala powders and mix well. Add the chicken, salt to taste, curd and mix well. Cover and cook for about 5-10 mins.
Meantime while cooking the chicken, you can make ready the raita. Take the curd and beat it with a spoon to make it smooth. Add the remaining ingredients, mix well, garnish with mint sprig and keep aside.
Now add the soaked rice and dal, chopped coriander leaves, water and pressure cook for 3 whistles and take off the heat.
Let the pressure release by itself. Open and fluff it with a fork and serve with raita. I served it hot with cucumber bell pepper raita.

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