Chicken Briyani

Briyani is a delicacy of Indian cuisine and varies from state to state.
It's cooked in different techniques.Today i have cooked a 
simple and straight forward method.This is a very simple method 
and easy to follow and cook.
Ingredients:

• chicken 1/2kg
• onion  2 medium size
• tomato 2 medium size
• mint leaves handful
• ginger garlic paste 2tsp
• curd 1 tsp
• green chilli 3 nos slit
• red chilli powder 1 tbsp
• briyani powder  1 tbsp
• cinnamon 1inch
• cloves 3 to 5
• bay leaves 2 to 3
• salt to taste
• basmati rice 3 cups
• water 4.5 cups
• lemon juice 2 tsp
• ghee or oil

Method:

• Heat medium-size pot.
• add ghee to the pot
• when the ghee is hot add cinnamon,clove and bay leaves
• now add onions and green chili
• fry till the onion is golden brown 
• now saute the ginger garlic paste till raw small is gone
• add tomatoes and fry till mushy
• add curd to avoid ginger garlic paste sticking to the pot and keep the chicken juicy
• add handful of mint leaves
• saute for anothe 5 minutes and add chicken 
• saute for another 5 minutes 
• add turmeric powder,red chili powder and briyani powder
• now add salt to taste
• saute for 10 minutes 
• add water to the briyani base
• bring the water to boil 
• add basmati rice and cook in medium flame till rice is done(10 to 12 minutes)
• add the 2 tsp of lemon juice as a final touch 
• garnish with mint leaves
• serve the hot chicken briyani with raita

watch the video of cooking chicken briyani: