Nawabi Chicken Biryani Favorite Indian Chicken Biryani Tasty To Eat

Nawabi Chicken Biryani

Ingredients :

• Chicken 1 kg ( skinned & cut into small pieces )
• Long grained rice1 1/2 cups, soaked in water for half an hour
• Coriander leaves( finely chopped) 1 cup 
• Mixed cumin seeds and shahjeera 1 tsp 
• Almonds, blanched, halved 1/2 cup  
• Mint, leaves 8 sprigs 
• Medium size Onions,4 sliced
• Ginger and garlic paste 3 tbsp 
• Garam masala powder 1 tsp 
• Chilli powder 2 tsp 
• Peppercorns 10 pcs 
• Cloves 8 pcs 
• Cardamoms 5-6 
• Ghee (Clarified butter) 1 cup 
• Turmeric powder 1 tsp 
• Saffron 1/2   tsp 
• Yoghurt 2 cups 
• Milk 1 cup 
• Salt as per taste

Method:

• Mix ginger and garlic paste,yoghurt and salt .
• Apply to chicken pieces and leave for marinate to 1 hour 
• Heat 1/2 cup ghee and add cloves, cardamoms,cumin seeds,shahjeera,peppercorn and almonds.
• Add chicken, garam masala powder, chilli powder,turmeric and 1/2 cup water.
• Cook till chicken is soft and tender.
• Add coriander and mint leaves. keep aside.
• Heat remaining 1/4 cup ghee and fry onion slices till brown and crisp. Drain and keed aside.
• Heat 1/4 cup ghee in a pressure cooker and add rice.
• Fry till golden brown.
• Add 3 cups water and pressure cook till the rice is done but not soft.Keep aside
• In a large pan, First make a layer of rice. on top of it make a layer of few fried onion slices and saffron strands.
• Aadd a layer of chicken .
• Repeat till all rice and chicken pieces are over.
• Cover the pan tightly and finish cooking in an oven .
• Placing the pan on a hot griddle till each grain of rice is fluffy and the biryani is aromatic.
• Serve hot.