Chicken Biryani

Chicken Biryani.

Ingredients:

-       1 chicken cut it into 8 pieces.

-       1 big onion slices.

-       5 crushed clove garlic.

-       1 table spoon minced ginger

-       Half bundle of minced fresh mint

-       1 bundle minced coriander

-       1 cup yogurt

-       2 cinnamon sticks 

-       2 clove

-       3 cardamom

-       Salt- pepper- cumin

-       1 tomato cubed

-       1 red chili pepper (optional)

-       2 teaspoon gramasala spices (available in supermarkets)

-       ½ teaspoon dried coriander

-       3 cups steamed cooked basmati rice

-       2 onion sliced (fried in oil)

-       Butter + oil

-       Saffron (in 2 tablespoons of warm water)

-       Roasted nuts  

                                                                           

Method:

-       Heat the oil + butter, then add the whole spices (cinnamon sticks – clove)

-       Add the onion slices and stir till it become tender, then add the garlic + ginger and stir well.

-       Add the chicken pieces and stir on all sides, add the spices + some of the minced mint + yogurt + some of the fresh minced coriander + fried onion)

-       Slow down the heat and leave them to cook.

-       In other pot add half of the cooked rice, then add the chicken with its sauce and some fried onion, some fresh mint and coriander, then add the other half of the rice;

-       Pour the saffron on one side of the rice, slow down the heat and cover it with Aluminum foil and leave it to cook (25 min) .

-       Stir it with the fork slowly (to get the white and the yellow colored rice) and decorate it with roasted nuts, the rest of fried onion, fresh mint , coriander and serve.