Chicken Biriyani

2 hours

 Chicken Biriyani

  Ingredients:

  1) Long Grain Basmati Rice 500 gm

  2) Chicken 400 gm( I used leg pieces)

  3) Boiled and fried Potato 1medium cut into two pieces  

  4) Kesar pinch of

  5) Milk half a cup

  6) Chicken Biriyani Masala 1 tbsp (Whatever you like,I used Everest chicken biriyani masala)

  7) Cinnamon stick 2 small

  8) Cardamom 4 

  9) Black Cardamom 1

10) Clove 3

11) Mace 1small

12) Red Chilli powder 1/2 tbsp

13) Chopped Onion 1 medium

14) Ginger Garlic paste 1/2 tbsp

15) Curd 2 tbsp

16) Salt as per taste

17) Oil + Ghee 50 gm

18) Kewra Water 1 tbsp

19) Whole Garam Masala

Steps:

1) Wash the rice and soak it in water for about 2-3 hours.

2) Mix pinch of kesar in half cup of milk and rest it for 2-3 hours.

3) Roast all the thing cinnamon stick+cardamom+black cardamom+ clove+mace until nice aroma is coming. Then make it a fine powder with it.

4) Clean the chicken and make it sninless and marinate with salt+curd+ginger garlic paste+oil(1 tbsp) and rest it for 1 hour at least.

5) Heat a pan and put oil and 1 tbsp ghee.After heating oil add chopped onion make it little brown then add marinated chicken in it and stir.Put biriyani masala in it and mix it well.Add water and salt in it.Let it cook for a couple of minutes.(till the chicken is nicely cooked)Once done, remove from heat and let it cool down.Make sure there should be some gravy(may be half a cup).

6) For making rice In a pan heat some water. Add salt +whole garam masala and oil  to it.As soon as it comes to a boil add the rice. Cook it partially and keep aside after straining from hot water.

7) Now in a heavy bottom pan at first add the chicken gravy then sprinkle some rice then add chicken pieces  and some gravy also.Now add rest of the rice.Add fried potato on the top and sprinkle that roasted masala put the kesar milk and 1tbsp of ghee(you can add more if you want),add kewra water.Let it cook on low heat covered with lid for about 30 minutes(till the rice fully cooked).

8) serve it with chicken/mutton chaap or any spicy chicken/mutton curry and raita.