Biryani

INGREDIENTS:

• Chicken 1 ½ kg
• Yogurt 1 cup
• Mint 1 bunch (sliced)
• Onions 4 (sliced)
• Cloves 4
• Black peppers 6 whole
• Lemons 6
• Green cardamoms 8
• Green chilies 8 (sliced)
• Oil 1 cup
• Warm milk 1 cup
• Yellow color as required
• Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
• Red chili powder 1 tbsp
• All spice powder 1 tsp
• Salt to taste

METHOD:

1. Add chicken to a cooking pot along with yogurt, ginger garlic paste, mint, green chilies, salt, cardamoms, whole black peppers, cloves and red chili powder.
2. Allow boiling till water begins to dry.
3. Boil rice with salt, cardamoms, green chilies, all spices powder and mint until half cooked.
4. In a separate cooking pot, heat oil and fry sliced onions until golden brown.
5. Take out half of the fried onion and add remaining in the chicken.
6. Make a layer with half of the rice and then place chicken.
7. Top with fried and crushed onion and juice of lemons.
8. Then make a layer of remaining rice and top with sliced mint and a pinch of yellow color dissolved in 1 cup of warm milk.
9. Allow simmering until pot is covered with steam.
10. Sprinkle crushed brown onion on top of Chicken Biryani and serve with yogurt dip.