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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:

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