KATHAL BIRYANI

Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time :25 mins
Serve : 2

INGREDIENTS
Cooked rice - 1 cup
Kathal pieces - 200 gms
Fried onion - 1
Chopped onion - 1
Chopped tomato - 1
Crushed ginger - 1 tsp
Crushed garlic - 1 tsp
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
Black pepper corns - 3 - 4
Cloves - 2 - 3
Star anise - 1
Black cardamom - 1
Green cardamom - 2
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Clarified butter - 3 tbsp
Oil - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Green chilly - 1 cut in slit

METHOD
Wash the basmati rice and cook in a rice cooker with two cup of water
Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the kathal pieces until golden and crisp and strain it.
Now add chopped onion and deep fry until golden and crisp and strain it
Heat clarified butter in a pan,add whole garam masala to crackle.
Now add chopped onion and saute till slightly brown,add ginger garlic and mix well.
Add tomato and saute for 2 - 3 mins,add coriander powder,red chilly powder ,turmeric powder and two tbsp water and mix well.
Now add fried kathal pieces and mix well and cook for 4 - 5 mins in a medium flame,
Add green chill,boiled rice and salt and mix well.
Add saffron in half cup of milk and add over the rice and also add fried  onion and 1 tbsp clarified butter and cook for five mins
Serve hot with cucumber raita.