CHICKEN BIRYANI

Prep Time : 25 mins
Cooking Time : 50 mins
Serve : 2

INGREDIENTS
Chicken pieces - 500 gms
Basmati rice - 1 cup
Thinly sliced onion - 2
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Black cardamom - 1
Green cardamom - 1
Whole black pepper - 2 - 3
Cloves - 2 - 3
Curd - 2 tbsp
Mace - 1 inch
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Clarified butter - 2 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Saffron - few strands
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

METHOD
Wash and soak rice for half an hour.
Strain and spread in the plate.
Marinate chicken with ginger garlic paste,curd,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder and salt.
Keep aside for an hour.
Heat oil in a pan,add sliced onion and whole garam masa and saute for 3 - 4 mins.
Add chicken pieces and ginger garlic paste.
Cover the lid and cook in a slow flame for ten mins.
In another pan heat clarified butter
Add cumin seeds to crackle
Add basmati rice and saute for 3 - 4 mins
Now add chicken pieces and water and cook for ten mins.
Serve hot with raita.