Chicken Plov (Azerbaijan) – Seema Pankhania

Ingredients

• 1kg chicken legs and thighs
• 150g full-fat yoghurt
• 1 tsp salt
• 450g long grain basmati rice
• 250g butter
• 3 large onions thinly sliced
• 100g dried apricot, halved
• 100g barberries
• 50g pitted dates
• 50g golden raisin
• 75g peeled chestnuts, chopped
• 2 Tbsp full-fat yoghurt
• 1 egg
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1 large pinch saffron