Chicken Briyani

Chicken Briyani is made of chicken cooked with spices and basmati rice.
Ingredients 1

Chicken - 1 kg
Curd(yoghurt) - 3 tbspn
Lemon juice- 1 tbspn
Salt - 1 tspn
Chicken Masala - 2 tspn
GingerGarlic paste- 2 tspn
Turmeric powder - 1 tspn
Coriander powder- 2 tspn
Chilli powder - 1/2 tspn

Ingredients 2

Bay leaf- 2 nos
fennel seeds - 1 tspn
Nutmeg powder - 1 tspn
star anise - 1 no
cardamom - 4 nos
Clove- 5 - 6 nos
cinnamon sticks - 2 - 3 nos



Ingredients 3

Onions - 2 big nos(lengthwise)
Tomato- 2 big nos(cubed)
Green Chilli - 2(slit lenthwise)
Ginger Garlic paste- 3 tbspn
Coriander- a bunch(chopped finely)
pudina(mint leaves)-a bunch(chopped finely)
Ghee(clarified butter) - 2 tbspn
Basmati Rice - 2 cups
Chicken masala - 3 - 4 tbspn (as per taste)
Oil - 4 - 5 tbspn
salt - acc to taste


Method

Chicken Marination

• wash the chicken(medium size) and set aside
• In a large bowl add 2 tbspn of curd and all the other ingredients 1 and mix it well
  
• Add the chicken to this and leave it aside for min of 40 mins
• wash and soak the basmati rice for a min of 30 mins
  
• In a pressure cooker or a heavy bottomed pan heat oil
• and then add the ingredients 2 except nutmeg powder and wait till they splutter ( 1 min)
  
• and then add the onions cut lengthwiseand saute it for few mins
• then add the nutmeg powder and saute it
• then add the green chillies , coriander leaves,mint leaves and tomaotes and saute for few mins
• then add the ginger garlic paste and saute it for sometime till the tomatoes get smashed
• then add the marinated chicken and salt and chicken masala..(Add 2 tbspn of chicken masala and then as per taste adjust accordinly)
• cook for some time till the chicken is almost cooked
• drain the water from basmati rice and set aside
  
• in the mean time heat a pan and add the ghee and then add then add the basmati rice
• saute it carefully and when the flavour of basmati arises and the rice does not stick to one another at this stage switch off from flame
• now add this basmati rice along with the chicken which is almost cooked
• taste for masala and spice level and then add 3 cups of water..the rice shud be just immersed in water
• close the lid and keep the flame in lowand wait until the rice cooks
• when the rice is cooked arnish with coriander and enjoy it with raita and eggs.