Name: Akkini With Chicken
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 500 gm Chicken ( cut into medium size pieces ); 1 Onion ( finely chopped ); 1 tsp Garlic / ginger paste; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Chilli powder; 4 tbsp Bengal gram dal; 1 Potato; 1.5 cup Basmati rice; Ghee 4 tbsp; 2 each Cloves /Cinnamon /cardamom; 1/4 cup Yougurt; 2-3 Water; Coriander leaves; Salt to taste

Akkini With Chicken

Akkini is a traditional kachi dish.Akkini tastes delicious and flavourful. Akkini can also be prepared with mutton or beef.

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Prep Time 40

Total Time 40

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

500 gm Chicken cut into medium size pieces
1 Onion finely chopped
1 tsp Garlic / ginger paste
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Chilli powder
4 tbsp Bengal gram dal
1 Potato
1.5 cup Basmati rice
Ghee 4 tbsp
2 each Cloves /Cinnamon /cardamom
1/4 cup Yougurt
2-3 Water
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste

Instructions

For preparing Akkini, firstly marinate the cleaned chicken pieces with turmeric, chilli powder ,yogurt and salt. Pressure cook the marinated chicken pieces along with onions, ginger, garlic paste,coriander leaves and one tbsp of ghee. When one whistle is done, switch off the flame. Let the pressure go down, open the lid.
Heat 4 tbsp of oil in a pan, fry the cooked chicken pieces and keep it aside.
Heat ghee in a wide pan and splutter all the spices and add the washed and drained rice, fry for a minute.
Wash and cook the bengal gram dal. Fry the potato and keep it aside.
Then add the fried chicken pieces, cooked bengal gram dal, fried potato pieces,coriander leaves and the chicken gravy to the fried rice. Add 2 -3 cups of water and more salt, if required. Cover and cook on low flame till the chicken pieces and rice are mixed well and done. Check and stir occasionally.
Akkini is ready. Serve hot with raitha or dates chutney.

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Akkini With Chicken