Now I know there are nights when you want a quick, filling meal, and here’s one I made tonight in just three quarters of an hour or so.
Ingredients
1 cup Basmati rice
2 cups water
2 diced chicken breasts
2 tablespoons natural yoghurt
1 tablespoon Olive oil
Medium knob of butter
1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds
1 fresh chilli
1 inch ginger, minced
1 clove garlic
1 medium onion, diced
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon Garam Masala
15-20 button mushrooms, halved
1 carrot, peeled and diced
10 cherry tomatoes, halved
Handful of tenders tem broccoli florets
Handful of green beans
Instructions
- Soak rice in warm water and set to one side.
- Melt butter and oil in a large wok or pan.
- Once melted, add cumin seed. Once these sizzle, add onion and cook off til softened and golden brown.
- Add garlic, ginger and chilli and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add chicken, and when the chicken is starting to cook, add the yoghurt.
- Here, add the various vegetables and stir.
- Add the garam masala and salt to taste.
- Once the chicken is cooked, drain the rice that was soaking, and add to the pan.
- Add the 2 cups of water.
- Cook on a very low heat until the water is absorbed. Don’t stir too often as it can become a mushy pile instead! But take care that it doesn’t stick and burn at the bottom!
Enjoy, as I did above, with yoghurt, or a salad side!
You can vary the vegetables, add peppers, sweetcorn, whatever takes your fancy!
chickpiggy
Feb 26, 2015 @ 15:44:10
I am always worried when using yoghurt, that it would spilt. So I tend to add it in the end.
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Ritu
Feb 26, 2015 @ 17:27:39
Luckily it hasn’t ever split during cooking for me, it just moistened the chicken. You could leave it out if you wanted!😊
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cornfedcontessa
Feb 26, 2015 @ 04:17:58
Looks yummy!
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Ritu
Feb 26, 2015 @ 07:00:25
Thanks! Yet it was rather!! 😊
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cornfedcontessa
Feb 26, 2015 @ 23:53:14
I love Indian food. So many wonderful spices.
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Ritu
Feb 27, 2015 @ 06:52:14
You should try my indian curry base, then add whatever you want, for an authentic home style punjabi curry!
https://butismileanyway.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/1084/
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cornfedcontessa
Feb 28, 2015 @ 02:03:35
Thanks, I’ll check it out.
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odafagerland
Feb 26, 2015 @ 03:17:31
Thank you so much for the receipt! I love fried rice with chicken and vegetables so this is just perfect for me.
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Ritu
Feb 26, 2015 @ 06:59:58
Do let me know how you get on!! I use my instinct with a lot of the measurements, so when I write a recipe for others, I always worry it won’t come out right. But I’m sure it will be great!!! 😊
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azizghouse
Feb 25, 2015 @ 22:20:00
Mmmmmmmm I love biryani . Yesterday I made it for my managers and omg it was delicious and fighting over it lool
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Ritu
Feb 25, 2015 @ 22:21:04
I know! I love it too!!! This is a slight twist on the proper recipes but it hits the mark too!
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azizghouse
Feb 25, 2015 @ 23:21:53
Did you add some biryani masala ?
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Ritu
Feb 25, 2015 @ 23:24:05
No, I kept the spices simple, just cumin, and garam masala!
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azizghouse
Feb 25, 2015 @ 23:25:49
I will try your recipe on my next biryani lol
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Ritu
Feb 25, 2015 @ 23:26:10
Let me know how you get on!!!
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azizghouse
Feb 25, 2015 @ 23:27:35
Yeah sure I will ..and I will post a picture of it
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Ritu
Feb 26, 2015 @ 06:51:23
Great! 😊
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