Chicken biryani

CHICKEN BIRYANI

Cooking time 20-25 mins. Approx. serves 4-6

Ingredients

Basmati rice         – 2 cups

Water                  – 4-41/2 cups

Chicken               – 1 (about 800 gms)

Curds                  – ½ cups

Chilli powder       – ½ tsp

Ginger – 2 cms,Garlic – 4 cloves = grind together

Salt                     – to taste

AJI-NO-MOTO – ½ tsp

Green chillies       – 4-6 nos(chopped)

Onions                – 5 nos sliced

Mint leaves         – 2 tbsps

Coriander leaves – 2 tbsps

Ghee                  – 6 tbsp

Cardamom – 5nos,cloves – 5nos, cinnamon – 3nos, poppy seeds – 2tsp = powder to gether

Method

• Clean and squeeze dry the Skin and joint the chicken.
• Mix with curds, one teaspoon salt, chilli powder and ginger-garlic paste.
• Soak for two hours. Clean the rice. Place over the cooker.
• Add water, the remaining salt and  AJI-NO-MOTO. 
• Heat ghee in a kadai and fry onions till brown and crisp.
• Add the chicken with curds. Fry till the liquid is absorbed. 
• Add the powdered ingredients, mint and coriander leaves. 
• Remove from fire add to the rice in the cooker.
• Mix well and replace the lid. 
• When the rice is done, the switch off the stove.
• keep it in tham, after 15 minutes,mix gently and serve hot or allow to keep warm till time to serve. Garnish if desired with boiled eggs and fried nuts.
• slice and use the eggs to garnish the biryani

Try it and enjoy the delicious taste