Easy Chicken Biryani

Name: Easy Chicken Biryani
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces; 2 tablespoons yogurt; 1 medium onion paste; 12 inch ginger paste; 12 teaspoon red chili powder; 2 cups basmati rice, washed and soaker for 30 min; 4 crushed cardamom; 2 inches crushed cinnamon; 14 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 14 teaspoon ground mace; 1 teaspoon kewra essence; to taste salt; 12 teaspoon sugar; 3 tablespoons cooking oil; 2 tablespoons ghee; 3 cups water, for rice

16 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
2 tablespoons yogurt
1 medium onion paste
12 inch ginger paste
12 teaspoon red chili powder
2 cups basmati rice, washed and soaker for 30 min
4 crushed cardamom
2 inches crushed cinnamon
14 teaspoon ground nutmeg
14 teaspoon ground mace
1 teaspoon kewra essence
to taste salt
12 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons cooking oil
2 tablespoons ghee
3 cups water, for rice

Directions

1

Marinate the chicken in curd along with ginger paste, red chili powder, and half of the crushed cardamom and cinnamon for 1/2 hour.
2

Heat oil in a pan and stir fry the onion paste for 5 minutes.
3

Add the marinated chicken into it and fry in medium heat till oil starts coming out from the pan.
4

Add a little water and boil till the tender and dry.
5

Heat ghee in rice cooker, add mace powder, nutmeg powder, salt, sugar and the remaining cardamom and cinnamon.
6

Fry for a minute.
7

Add rice and stir for 3 minutes.
8

Add 3 cup water and cook the rice till it is 75% done.
9

Mix the cooked chicken in layers and add saffron and Kewra essence.
10

Keep it in under pressure for at least one hour.
11

Garnish with boiled eggs.