Ingredients

Chicken -1 1/2kg

Basmati Rice-1kg

Curd – 2tbsp

Onion (medium) – 3/4kg(sliced lengthwise)

Onion (medium) – 3 nos for frying(sliced lengthwise)

Small onion-15

Tomato (medium) – 3 nos(chopped)

Ginger-big piece

Garlic-10pods

Coriander leaves – 1 cup(chopped)

Mint leaves (Pudhina) – 1/2 cup(chopped)

Garam masala – 2 tsp

Turmeric powder-1tsp

Pepper powder (black)-1tsp

Red chilly powder – 2 tsp

Green chilli-4

Salt – As reqd

Pineapple-small piece( finely chopped)

Yellow colour-one pinch

Pine apple essence-2drops

Lemon juice -1tsp

Cinnamon-4

Cloves-5

Cardamom-10

Ghee

Oil

Dalda

Cashew Nuts-handful

Raisins(unakka munthiri)-10

For Marinade

Chilli powder-1tsp

Turmeric powder-1tsp

Pepper powder-1/2tsp

Egg-1

Curd-1tbsp

Salt-to taste

Garam masala powder-1tsp

Method

1)Mix all the ingredients for marination along with chicken in a bowl.Keep aside for 1 hour.

2)Wash the rice ..

3) Add salt ,cloves,cinnamon,and cardamom  to the water and boil it.. 

4) To the boiling water add rice and allow it to cook(until 3/4 cooked)

6)When rice is ¾ th cooked, add ½ tsp ghee and lemon juice into it.Mix well ..

7)Switch off the gas and drain the rice and keep aside.

8)Fry cashew nuts ,raisins and keep that also aside.

9) In a kadai heat oil and add sliced big onion(3) and fry till it become golden colour..Drain and keep aside (If u want to increase the speed of frying then fry in good amount of oil)

10) Mix all the fried items( cashew nuts, raisins, onion fry ) together .keep aside 

11) Heat dalda or oil in a pan.Fry the marinated chicken pieces ( till 3/4th ) drain and keep aside .

12) Crush small onion,green chilly ,ginger ,garlic together . In a big kadai heat dalda and add this mix and fry it till light brown

13) Then add sliced big onion and sauté till onion turn light brown .Add tomato , chilly powder, garam masala, turmeric powder one by one and sauté well.Then add 1/2cup of mint leaves +coriander leaves +2tsp curd.Stir well.Add pineapple pieces+salt .Add handful of cashew nuts mix (11)..Stir well.

Add fried chicken and small amount of water to this.Mix well and cook till the chicken gets soften . When the gravy appears to be dark brown colour and the chicken get soften turn off the gas …

14) Now have to bake the rice and chicken

Take a big vessel and grease it with ghee..Then in one side of the vessel add the whole chicken and gravy and in the other side pour one layer of rice and to top of that layer add both leaves ,pineapple essence +yellow colour mix(take 1/4cup of water and add pineapple essence and yellow colour and mix),cashew nut mix(11)

Then add another layer of rice..Repeat the process until the rice is finish.In the top layer chicken should be covered by rice and garnish well…Then close the vessel with a tight lid.

Switch on the gas..Take a dosa thattu and place the biriyani vessel on top of that dosa thattu and keep that till 1/2 hours in a very low flame..By that time biriyani will be baked …..Or u can set the oven to 350 degree Celsius and bake for 10 min..If u want u can add boiled egg b4 serving ..

Serve with salad and pickle

Note : The amount of water for cooking rice should be in good quantity and the vessel also should be big ..Other wise sometime there is a chance of messing up the rice … (once i had the same issue 😉 )

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Veena