Chicken Biryani

Ingredients:

Whole Chicken

Rice

Oil

Onions (2 large size)

Gram masala

Coriander powder

Red chilly powder

Green Chillies

Yogurt

Lemon

Ginger garlic paste

Turmeric

Whole gram masala(bay leaves,Cinnamon sticks,star anise,elachi,cloves)

Pudina leaves

Cilantro

Preparation:

• In large bowl add red chilly powder,coriander powder, salt to taste , oil,ginger garlic paste,lemon juice, turmeric ,whole gram masala and chicken and mix them well.
• Add mint leaves, green chillies,yogurt into marinated chicken,don't mix it.Allow this to marinate for 12hrs in fridge(overnight).
• Fry finely chopped onions in oil with salt(1/2 tsp) and sugar(1 tsp) until caramelised.
• Soak basmati rice for 1/2 hr before cooking.
• In large bowl with 3/4 water,on medium heat boil the water with some salt, bay leaf , cumin seeds, oil (2tbs),and put rice cook until rice is 60% done. Switch off the stove and drain water out of the rice.
• Heat large pan,add half of the marinated chicken in the bottom of the pan as a layer , fried onions, mint leaves, cilantro and half cooked rice as layer one by one in the same order.
• Again left over chicken,onions, mint , cilantro ,half cooked rice.
• On top of rice another layer of fired onions,cilantro,and saffron color(pinch of saffron mixed in 2 tbs of warm milk).
• Cover the pan with air tight lid , Cook on medium heat for 15 mins and 25 mins on low heat.
• Switch Off the stove and mix the biryani, so that chicken mixes well with rice.
• Serve hot and enjoy the biryani with raitha , mirchi ka salan.