Asian Festive Dishes Recipes - Indonesian Rice with Chicken (Nasi Beriani) Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts (boned & meat cubed)

• 1 1/2 cups yoghurt

• 1/3 cup ghee

• 1 large onion (finely chopped)

• 4 cloves garlic, (minced)

• 4 green chilies (minced)

• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

• 2 teaspoons ground jintan putih/white cumin

• 6-8 bunga cengkih/cloves

• 2-inch. (5-cm.) kayu manis/cinnamon stick

• 2 cups rice (washed & drained)

• 1/2 teaspoon kunyit/ground turmeric

• salt to taste

• 2 1/2 cups boiling water

• 1 chicken stock cube

Serves 6-8

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Method:

1. Season chicken meat with yoghurt for 20-30 minutes.

2. Heat ghee and lightly fry onion. Add garlic, chilies, ginger, white cumin, cloves and cinnamon.

3. Fry for 3 minutes, till fragrant, then add chicken, plus yoghurt, turmeric and salt, to taste.

4. Mix well and reduce heat. Cook covered, till chicken is tender. Drain out chicken and keep aside.

5. Add stock to the same pan. Bring to the boil and put in rice.

6. Cover pan tightly and cook on low flame till rice is done and all the moisture is absorbed.

7. Scoop out some rice from the centre and place chicken in the depression. Replace rice over it and keep warm till time to serve.

Note: Chicken may be substituted with beef or mutton.