Simple Chicken Biriyani

Serves 2-3
Prep time 30 minutes
Cook time 1 hour
Total time 1 hour, 30 minutes

Ingredients

Water (as needed)
Salt (to taste)
Oil (as needed)
For seasoning

2 Medium Onion (thinly sliced)
1/2 cup Cashew nuts and Raisins
Rice preparation

1 1/2 cup Basmati rice
1/4 cup Spice mix (cardomon, cinnamon, cloves, fennel)
Chicken curry preparation

1/2 teaspoon Garlic and ginger paste
2 Large Onion (finely chopped)
4-5 Medium Green chillies
1/4 cup Curry leaves
4 teaspoons Red chili powder
2 teaspoons Coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon Pepper powder
1/2 teaspoon Garam masala
2 Medium Tomato
1/2kg Chicken
Directions

Step 1
Heat some oil or ghee in a pan, add the thinly sliced onion into it. Fry till it turns golden brown.
Chicken biriyani steps 1 Sauting onion
Step 2
In the same pan and cashew nuts and raisins and shallow fry it. Seasoning is ready and keep it aside.
Chicken biriyani steps 2 Sauting resins
Step 3
In a vessel take 3-4 cups of water and add the spice mix into it.
Chicken biriyani steps 3 Spiced water
Step 4
When water boils, add the washed rice and salt into it and stir it well.
Chicken biriyani steps 4 boiling rice
Step 5
When the rice is cooked, add a teaspoon of oil into it. Stir for a minute and drain the water and keep the rice aside.
Chicken biriyani steps 5 boiled rice
Step 6
Heat some oil in another pan and add the ginger garlic paste into it. Stir until it turns golden brown.
Chicken biriyani steps 6 sauting ginger garlic paste
Step 7
Now add the chopped onions, green chillies, curry leaves into the pan and saute well.
Chicken biriyani steps 7 Add onion and leaves
Step 8
When onion becomes transparent, add all the spice powders under the category chicken curry preparation into the pan and saute until its raw smell disappears.
Chicken biriyani steps 8 Add spices
Step 9
Then add the tomatoes and salt, cook until it becomes a smooth paste.
Chicken biriyani steps 9 Add tomato
Step 10
Now add the chicken pieces and mix it well with masalas. Cover it with a lid and cook until water ooze out of chicken.
Chicken biriyani steps 10 add chicken
Step 11
Now remove the lid and cook till the chicken is cook well. If water is required add hot water.
Chicken biriyani steps 11 Chicken curry
Step 12
Take a large bowl for the mixing rice and chicken. First add a portion of rice into the bowl.
Chicken biriyani steps 12 Take some rice
Step 13
Then add a portion of the prepared seasoning into it.
Chicken biriyani steps 14 Add resing
Step 14
Then add a portion of the chicken curry on top of it. Repeat the step 12, 13, 14 until all the rice and chicken are done.
Chicken biriyani steps 15 Add prepaired chicken
Step 15
Cover it with a tight lid and keep for 10-15 minute and serve it.
Chicken biriyani steps 16 final
Note

When frying the onion for seasoning, do not over fry it, it will taste bad.
When preparing chicken curry do not make it dry.
While preparing rice add some oil it when the rice is cooked, so that you can stickiness.