A step-by-step guide to making the ultimate Chicken Akni (Pilau) - a fragrant, comforting, and deeply flavorful one-pot rice dish. Packed with aromatic spices, tender chicken, and perfectly cooked potatoes, this collection covers everything from the ...
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Core Ingredients:
Core Ingredients:
Here is a list of all the ingredients that I use when using 6 Cups of rice (adjust the recipe according to the amount of rice you are using) ,placed in the order that they are used.
1. Your very first step is to soak your rice until the time that you are going to need it, my recipe uses 6 cups of rice. So i simply take my 6 cups of this basmati rice and soak it in about 10 cups of water.
Nur Jahan Long Grain Basmatic Rice 5kg
2. You start off by heating your pot with a bit of oil. The Canola Oil from Woolworths works best for me. You can use any other oil that you are comfortable with.
Woolworths Canola Oil 750mL
3. One of the most powerful flavourhouses of the dish! As soon as your oil is warm enough toss in 6 whole star anise.
Whole Star Anise
4. Toss in 4 alongside the Star Anise!
Cinnamon Sticks
5. After the cinnamon, add in 2 or 3 Bay leaves.
Bay Leaves
6. Now add in about 3 teaspoons of Cumin Seeds and let them braise in the oil for about 2 mins.
Cumin Seeds
7. Add in as much cardamom pods as you like! Let all 7 of these whole spices now braise for at least for 5 minutes before moving ti the next step.
Cardamom Pods
8. Toss into the pot, 3 chopped up onions, I like to use 2 white onions and 1 red onion. Let these now braise until its reached a nice golden-brown colour before moving on to the next step!
