Chicken Pilau

Ingredients

• 3lbs. roasting chicken
• 1 level tbsp.curry powder
• 3 oz. butter/ghee for rice
• 3 oz. butter
• 1/2 lb. onions peeled and sliced
• salt to taste
• curry leaves, 6 cloves, one stick cinnamon, piece of rampe
• 1/2 level tsp. turmeric powder
• 1 lb basmati / long grain rice
• 2 pints chicken stock
• 4oz. raisins
• 2 oz. salted cashews
• 2 large hard boiled eggs (shelled)