Chicken Biryani

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  Preparation Time:60 min.

  Cooking Time: 60 min

  Yield: makes 5lbs of biryani 
• Serves 10
• Ingredients

Chicken (Whole or Leg quarters cut into med. size pieces) 1 kg

• for the marinade

curd 2 cups
ginger garlic paste 3 tsp.
chilli powder 3 tsp.
salt according to taste
coriander powder 2 tsp.
garam masala 1 tsp.
cilantro leaves 1 cup
mint leaves 1 cup
fried onions 2 cups
green chillies 10 slit length wise

• for the rice

basmati rice 4 cups
whole masala (3 cloves,3 cardamom,zeera 1 tsp. shazeera 1tsp.,bay leaves 4,biryani flower 2 tsp.)
ghee 1 tbsp.
salt according to taste
saffron soaked in 1 tsp. of milk 10 strands

Method:

• wash the chicken and drain all the water

mix all the marinade ingredients in the curd.

add the curd marinade to the chicken pieces

Keep the marinated chicken for 3 hrs

Wash the basmati rice and soak it water for 1/2 an hr,

take a wide bottom pan  and add the 2 tsp. of ghee and add all the whole masalas.

after the masalas emanate their individual flavor add 10 cups of water.

bring the water to boil  add a little salt to it.

drain all the water from the rice and add the rice to the boiling water

cook the basmati rice till it is 1/2 cooked.This process may take about 10 min.

Drain the  1/2 cooked  basmati rice into the strainer and remove all the water

Preheat a tava on the stove

put a heavy bottom pan on the stove
add little 3 tsp. oil and add 5 bay leaves to it
add the chicken marinade
spread it on the bottom of the pan

add the fried onions,chopped coriander,chopped mint on top of chicken marinade
add 10 green chillies slit lengthwise

now arrange rice on the top layer
add the saffron soaked in milk to the rice

sprinkle some more fried onion chopped coriander and mint
add 1 tbp. of melted butter

keep it on the tava
cover the pan with aluminium foil
use 5 or 6 layers of aluminium foil to cover the pan
cover with a lid and place heavy weight on top of the lid
put the heat on high for 20 min
then reduce the heat to med. and keep it for 30 min.

after 30 min. switch off the stove and keep the pan on the stove with 20 min.

 now biryani is ready to be served
the house will be filled with biryani's  aroma
enjoy with chicken curry and curd