Chicken Keema Fried Rice

About this Recipe...

On this weekend I was not in a mood to cook any elaborate meal and want to spend some lazy time with myself. But I didn't wanted to go out for dinner also, so wanted to prepare some one dish meal which will be tasty and doesn't spoil the weekend good mood too.
So I opened my refrigerator and saw some minced chicken is lying there and thought to prepare chicken Keema fried rice. A easy and quick one pot satisfying meal. I can say that, this is an extended version of chicken keema Matar recipe. The way you make chicken keema Matar, the same way you need to cook the Keema, then add green peas and cooked basmati rice to it and the delicious meal is on your plate in no time.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Minced chicken
• 1 1/2 Cups Cooked basmati rice
• 3 Tbsp Oil
• 1 One inch long cinnamon stick
• 2-3 green cardammom
• 4-5 black pepper corn
• 4-5 Cloves
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 tsp Shah jeera or black cumin
• 1/2 Cup Chopped Onion
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Ginger-garlic-green chili paste
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 1 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• Salt as per taste
• 1/2 Cup Frozen green peas
• 2 Tbsp Finely chopped cilantro
• 1 tsp Garam masala powder

Directions

1. Heat oil in a pan and add cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf, cloves, pepper corn and black cumin seeds for tempering.
2. When it starts crackling, add chopped onion to it and sauté it till it becomes transparent.
3. Now add the ginger-garlic-green chili paste to it followed by turmeric, cumin, coriander and red chili powder to it.
4. Mix and sauté everything very well till oil starts leaving the sides of the pan.
5. Now add minced chicken to it and cook it with the other spices.
6. Cook the minced chicken till it gets nice golden color.
7. Now add green peas and salt as per taste and mix well.
8. Next add the cooked basmati rice to it and mix everything gently so all the spices, chicken and rice will incorporate with each other very well.
9. Finally add the chopped cilantro leaves and garam masala powder to it, give a quick mix and your chicken Keema fried rice is ready to serve.