Ingredients
2 cups rice (raw)
(Wash and soak 2 cups of rice for 20-30 minutes)
- 750 gms chicken
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2-3 bay leaf
- 1 cinnamon stick of 2"
- 2-4 whole dry red chillies
- 2 star anise
- 2 medium tomatoes chopped
- 1 medium-big onion chopped
- Few slitted green chillies
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves chopped
- 1/4 cup mint leaves chopped
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- Juice of 1 lemon / 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 2 1/2 cups of water
Marinate chicken:
- 3-4 tbsp curd
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp garlic
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- Little salt
- Marinate the chicken in all of the above and keep for 15-20 minutes
Method
- Take a pressure cooker add the oil and warm the oil Then add the bay leaves , cinnamon stick , whole red chillies , and star anise
- Stir fry for a minute or so Then add the chopped onions and slitted green chillies
- When the onion becomes soft Add the chopped coriander and mint leaves
- Stir fry for few minutes
- Then add the chopped tomatoes
- Saute for few minutes till the tomatoes become soft
- Next add the ginger garlic paste
- Saute till the raw smell of the ginger-garlic goes
- Then add the turmeric powder , red chilli powder , coriander powder , garam masala powder ,cumin powder and salt to taste
- Saute for few minutes till the spices are infused with the masala
- Now add the marinated chicken and saute for 5-7 minutes
- Next add the lime juice
- Saute for a minute or so
- Now add water in accordance to rice and chicken used .here I have use 2 cups of rice ,so water Put is 2 cups and 1 cup for the chicken, cook for few minutes on low heat
- Now add the washed rice and mix it in well
- Check the salt at this stage .
- Put the lid on the cooker and cook on full flame to a whistle ,then remove from heat after few seconds.
- Keep aside .Then let the cooker open naturally.
- And done .
- Serve with salad and curd /onion+tomato +cucumber raita
- Note :
- Can use a big pan to cook the biryani ,if you do not want to use a pressure cooker.
- When the water starts bubbling in the pan put the heat to low and cover the pan and cook till rice and chicken is cooked .
- Do put a skillet/tava underneath the pan .
- The heat then will come thru the skillet .
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