How To Make Chicken Biryani

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice / Normal rice - 1/2 kg
• Chicken - 200 grms (leg pieces skin removed)
• Tomatoes - 3
• Cinnamon (Dalchina chekka) - 1 inch
• Pepper powder - 1 tsp
• Onions - 2
• Ginger,Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
• Elachi - 1/4 tsp
• Curd - 1 cup
• Green chilli - 4-5
• Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
• cashewnuts -2 tsp
• Ghee - 3 tsp
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Cumin - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - To taste
• Coriander
• Lemon for garnish

 Preparation:


First soak the  rice in water for 30 minutes.Now clean the chicken and and mix with lemon, salt red chilli powder,1/2 cup of curd,turmeric powder, 1/2 garlic and  ginger paste,pepper powder,cumin powder and magnish for 1 hour.  Now cut the onions, tomatoes, green chilli.  Now fry cashew nuts in ghee.



Method :


Heat kadai and add oil, ghee. When oil is hot add cinnamon, green chilli,cumin, elachi and    fry.Now add onions and fry and then add tomatoes and fry. Now add coriander and fry.Now add ginger,garlic paste and fry.Now add curd and fry. Now add magnish chicken and fry for    5 minutes.Now add rice,salt and fry for 2 minutes.Now add water(Measurement is one glass of rice,we take 1/2 glass water)and boil for 20-25 minutes more(Up to water observed fully). Here we keep plate  with seal with wheat  flour dough or keep a heavy  weight on the plate. After cook at flame for 7 minutes. Finally garnish  with cashews, chopped  coriander leaves,chopped onions,lemon and serve hot with raita (we mix curd,onions,green chilli,salt).