{"id":8202,"date":"2008-12-04T15:29:25","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T13:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/04\/bitrani-041208\/"},"modified":"2008-12-04T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2008-12-04T13:29:25","slug":"bitrani-041208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/bitrani-041208\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitrani (04.12.08)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1 large chicken-disjointed + washed<\/span><\/p>\n

1 cup masoor – boiled in salt water + drained<\/span><\/p>\n

3 cups rice – boiled – only half done<\/span><\/p>\n

2 pieces taj (cinnamon sticks)<\/span><\/p>\n

2-3 whole elachi (cardamom)<\/span><\/p>\n

teaspoon whole jeeru<\/span><\/p>\n

2-3 whole green chillies<\/span><\/p>\n

1 cup yogurt \/ maas<\/span><\/p>\n

2 tomatoes – grated \/ liquidized<\/span><\/p>\n

Juice of 1 lemon<\/span><\/p>\n

¼ teasp saffron – soaked in 1 cup water<\/span><\/p>\n

¼ teasp arad (turmeric)<\/span><\/p>\n

Salt to taste<\/span><\/p>\n

2 teasp dhana \/ jeeru<\/span><\/p>\n

Red chillies if required \/ to taste<\/span><\/p>\n

3 medium potatoes – cut in halves and fried, light yellow in colour<\/span><\/p>\n

3 eggs boiled<\/span><\/p>\n

¾ cup oil<\/span><\/p>\n

3 onions – sliced + fried to a pale golden colour, drain + crush lightly<\/span><\/p>\n

1 cup frozen green peas. Optional<\/span><\/p>\n

1½ \/2 tablesp red ginger \/ garlic masala<\/span><\/p>\n

1 tsp of crushed garlic<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Method<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Place chicken in a large bowl.<\/span> <\/p>\n

Leave a ½ cup of soaked saffron water, and a tablespoon of fried onions aside.<\/span><\/p>\n

Add ginger \/ garlic, yogurt, spices, salt, green chillies, tomatoes, lemon juice, tuj + elachi + crushed fried onions to chicken + marinade for atleast an hour.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a large flat bottom pot put in oil that was used for frying onions. Sprinkle a handful of masoor + rice over the bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arrange the marinated chicken with masala’s carefully over the bottom of pot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spread masoor over chicken, then the potatoes, the frozen peas + then half the rice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Place eggs over the rice. <\/span><\/p>\n

Spread the rest of the rice over the eggs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Decorate with left over fried onions + greens peas. <\/span><\/p>\n

Add ½ cup water to saffron water + sprinkle over the top.<\/span><\/p>\n

Close + seal lid of pot tightly. Place over high heat for about 5 minutes until it. starts sizzling. At this stage pot can be transferred to preheated oven of 180c + left to cook for an hour. or <\/span><\/p>\n

Lower heat + allow pot to simmer for hour. <\/span><\/p>\n

By this time all moisture should have evaporated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Serve with fried papar + papri, onion kachomars the very essential spiced dahi. Spiced pahi. Spiced Dahi. Add 2 teasp green dhunia chutney + salt to taste to 1 box (500ml) of sour milk. Whisk + serve in individual bowls. For mutton add 1 more teasp of ginger \/ garlic masala + ½ cup more of sour milk. Allow marinated meat to cook for about ½ hour before arranging the pot – depending on the toughness of the meat<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

 
 <\/span>!!! ENJOY!!!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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