Easy Chicken Biriyani...

Ingredients:-


For Marination

Curd - 3 tbsp
Lemon Juice - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

For Cooking

Chicken - 1 kg
Basmati Rice- 2 Cups
Onion - 2 Big
Tomato - 2 nos
Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
Coriander Powder - 1 1/2 tbsp
Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 2 tbsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Chicken Masala - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Coriander Leaves - 1 Cup
Mint Leaves - 1/2 Cup
Cashew Nuts
Raisins
Whole Spices (Cardamom, Cinnamon, Cloves, Anistar, )
Ghee -

Method:-

- Marinate chicken pieces with the above said ingredients and keep this for 30 mins.
- Wash Basmati Rice and drain the excess water.
- In a pan, add some ghee and fry Cashew Nuts and Raisins and keep them aside.
- Add whole Spices in the same ghee and roast them
- Add water into this pan.
- Once the water starts boiling, add chopped Mint Leaves.
- Add the rice and let it cook to almost 80%.
- Remove all the spices and mint leaves.
- Strain the excess water.
- To a frying pan, add oil
- Once the oil is heated up, add sliced onion and saute well till translucent
- Add ginger-garlic paste and saute well.
- Add coriander powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder and chicken masala and saute well.
- Add copped tomato to this and mix it well.
- Add chicken to this mixture and stir well.
- Add some water and cook this with lid closed.
- Once chicken is cooked, keep this aside.
- To a big bowl, first add some rice, on top of this, add some chicken along with gravy and spread this.
- On top of it, add some chopped coriander leaves and roasted nuts & raisins.
- Continue the layering process.
- Cover this with a Foil paper and place this on low flame until it gets steamed up.
- Yummy Chicken Biriyani is ready to be served.