Chicken Briyani

Ingredients

• To Marinate

  Whole chicken skinless- cut in 12 pieces.

  Plain dahi-200 gms

  Turmeric powder-1 tb sp

  Ginger paste-2tb sp

  Garlic paste-2 tb sp

  Chilly powder-2 tb sp

  Salt to taste

  Kastooree methi- handful

  Desi ghee-2 tb sp

  METHOD

  Take a container and mix all above ingredients well and keep in fridge for at least six hours to get the authentic taste.

  INGREDIENTS

  Basmati rice-500 gms wash and soak 15-20 mins before cooking.Boil and keep ready.

  Fresh coriander chopped a cup

  Biryani masala(Shan)-3-4 tb sp

  Cinnamon sticks-2-3

  Cloves-10-12

  Black pepper whole-10-15

  Green cardamom-5-6

  Black cardamom-3-4

  Bay leaves-4-5

  Ghee-7-8 tb sp

  Onion sliced-200 gms

  Saffron soak in milk

  METHOD

  Take a open vessel with good diameter.Add the marinated chicken to it and cook till you get all masalas cooked well with chicken.

  Take another pan and add ghee with onions and all whole masalas mix till golden brown.

  Add this to the chicken and cover for 15-20 mins till chicken gets tender.

  Add boiled rice to it with saffron threads soaked in milk.

  Now gently mix them add fresh coriander and serve with onion raita.

  GARNISH

  Onion sliced fried well dark colour.

  Sliced tomatoes

  Boiled eggs cut in halves

  Spread on biryani

  ONION RAITA

  Dahi-250 gms

  Red onion big fine chopped

  Fresh coriander handful fine chopped

  Salt to taste

  Roasted jeera powder-1 tb sp

  Green chilly fine chopped-3-5

  Beat dahi well and mix all ingredients together and enjoy with biryani

By Shivani Arora, (Shivani is a well known Auckland based entrepreneur and a restaurateur)