Ingredients
Rice - 2 1/2 cups soaked in water for an hourOnions - 4 medium (sliced lengthwise)Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)Green Corriander - chopped for garnishingBirista (golden fried onion) - for garnishingSalt - to tasteOil - as needed
Marination
Chicken - 2 lbsyogurt - 2 cups Turmeric powder - 2 tsp Red chilli powder - 2 tblsp Garam masala powder - 2 tblsp Ginger-garlic paste - 3 tblspLemon juice - 2 tspPotato - 1 (cut into four pieces)cumin seeds - 2 tspCoriander powder - 1 tblspWhole garam masala - 2 tblsp (a mix of bay leaf/ cinnamon/ black pepper/ green elaichi/ black elaichi)Butter - 2 tblsp
Method1. Marinate all the above ingredients under 'Marination' for 3-4 hours and refrigerate.2. Take oil in a vessel. Add onions and let it turn pink. Add tomatoes and fry until the oil separates.3. Add the marinated chicken and cook well.4. In the meantime, take a big vessel with water, add salt & 1 tblsp ghee. bring the water to a boil. 5. Then add the soaked rice and let it cook. once cooked, drain all the water.6. Now in a vessel or a container, arrange the biryani as shown in the picture with rice layer at the bottom. 7. Put some birista (golden fried onions) over the rice layer, then add chicken and finally another rice layer.
8. Top it up with birista and chopped green coriander leaves.
