Chicken Biryani

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg chicken
• Chopped Coriander Leaves
• Chopped Mint Leaves
• 4 Chopped Green Chillies
• 3 stick cinnamon
• 10 number cloves
• 1/2 tsp black cumin
• 2 cardamoms
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1 tsp coriander pdr
• 1/2tsp pepper
• 1 1/2 tsp Ginger garlic paste
• 3 cups basmati rice
• 4 tbsp lime juice
• 1 onion fried or fried onions
• 2 tbsp oil or ghee
• 1/2 tsp saffron color
• salt as required
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 tbsp chilli powder
• 2 cup yogurt
• Fried Cashews

Procedure:

• Wash and Soak rice for 30 minutes and keep aside.
• In a bowl add washed chicken, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, mint leaves, coriander, green chillies, ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice, whole garam masala, pepper, coriander powder, yogurt and mix it well.
• At last add 1 tbsp oil on the top and keep it aside.
• After 1/2 hr In a pan, bring 7-8 cups of water to boil.
• When it is boiling add salt, (3 cloves, black cumin -optional) and oil.
• Check the salt.
• Once the Water starts boiling add the rice and cook it till 3/4 th done.
• Drain the Rice and keep aside.
• In a big pan/vessel add the chicken mixture (which we kept aside) in the bottom layer and on that add the rice.
• On the top add fried onions, fried cashews, chopped coriander and mint and at last add some saffron colour.
• Cover it with an air tight lid and 5 min cook in high flame, 10 min in med flame and 15 min in low flame.
• You will get nice flavour of chicken biryani once it is done.
• Serve with Raitha or Mirchi ka Salan.

Note: If you are cooking Chicken Biryani in large quantity add the chicken and rice in the layers( in the bottom add chicken mix and on that add rice again add chicken on the top......)