Chicken Biriyani

Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients
1.Chicken - 300 gms
2.Basmathi rice - 300gms (on an average 1 and a half cups)
3.green chilli - 6.
4.Pudhina - 1 bunch
5.coriander leaves - 1/2 bunch
6.curd - 3 tbsp(set curd/yogurt)
7.red chilli powder - 1 tsp.
8.Curry masala powder - 2 tsp.
9.Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.
10.coconut - 4 pieces.
11.oil - 5 tsp
12.Ghee - 3 tsp
13.small onion - 15 nos or big onion - 2
14.tomato - 1
15.Ginger garlic paste - 3 tbsp.
16.Salt as required.
17.Water - 2 1/4 cups(1 cup of basmathi rice needs 1 1/2 cups of water)


Pre cooking steps:
1.marianade the chicken pieces with curd for 30 mins.
2.chop the onions and cut the tomato to just in to 4 pieces.
3.clean and chop the pudhina and coriander leaves
4.make a smooth paste of coconut, half of the cleaned pudhina and coriander leaves.
5.split the green chilli length wise.
6.Soak the basmathi rice for 30 mins.
7.Wash the basmathi rice once with water(do not over wash it)

Method:
Heat oil and ghee on a Pressure Cooker, add green chilli and pudhina coriander then followed by onion and tomatoes.
saute well until the onion turns transparent and tomatoes are partly cooked.
Then add the marianated chicken and stir fry adding salt.now add ginger garlic paste, curry masala powder,red chilli powder,turmeric powder and mix.
once the chicken is partly cooked and it gives out fat, add the paste prepared using coconut,pudhina and coriander leaves and mix well..
a good aroma of pudhina and spices will arise.
Now add 2 1/4 cups of water to it and wait until it comes to boil.
add the washed rice and stir once.
put the weight and wait until u get one whistle.
keep it on sim flame for 5 to 7 mins and turn off the stove.
serve it with onion or cucumber raitha.