Bukhari Pilau (layered Rice And Meat Dish) recipe by Taskeen Jamal Karim

Ingredients

• 1 chicken
• 1 large onion or 2 medium sliced fine
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 1 teaspoon whole cumin
• 3 cloves
• 3 pepper corns
• 3 or 4 carrots grated
• 1 and ½ tablespoon red ginger garlic paste
• 2 or 3 whole green chilli
• ½ teaspoon tumeric
• 3 tablespoon dessicated coconut
• 3 tablespoon ground almond
• 3 tablespoon lemon juice
• ¾ tin tomato puree (large tin)
• 1 and ½ tablespoon coriander powder
• Handful of green coriander. (chopped)
• A stem of chopped spring onion (optional)
• 3 potatoes (cut into 2 or 3 and fried. Season with salt)
• 2 or 2.5 cups rice boiled in salty water until half done.
• Red chilli flakes/ powder (use to your desired heat)
• 1 level teaspoon saffron crushed in 1 cup