Recipe of Famous Chicken Biryani

Chicken Biryani

Ingredients :

2 cups rice
4 cups hot water
8 chicken drumsticks
1 cup ghee
½ cup almonds cashew nuts
2 onions (medium) finely chopped
4 bay leaves
5 cloves
8 black peppercorns
4 green cardamoms
1 brown cardamom(crushed)
2” cinnamon stick
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 onion(small)
2 garlic cloves
2” piece ginger
1 cup yogurt
1 tsp saffron strands
Salt to taste

Method :

Grind garam masala, onion, ginger , garlic and yoghurt to a smooth paste. Rub over the chicken and leave aside for 30 minutes. Heat ghee, fry almonds and cashew nuts and set aside for garnish. In the same ghee fry the onion crisp and reserve half for garnish. To the remaining onions add the bay leaves, cloves, peppercorns, cardamom, cinnamon and turmeric and fry , then add chicken and cook for 20 minutes. Lastly add the rice, hot water, salt and cook over moderate heat until cooked Dissolve saffron in a little warm water and add to rice. Garnish with the balance of fried onions and nuts. Serve hot.