yummy chicken biryani

Chicken Biryani
Ingredients:
1 cup sliced onion (fried in oil till crisp)
1/2 lb chicken

Chicken marination:
3 tbl spn chopped coriander leaves
2 tbl spn chopped mint leaves
1/2 tea spn ginger paste
1/2 tea spn garlic paste
3 green chillies
1/2 tea spn red chilli powder
4 cloves powdered
1″ cinnamon powderd
1/2 tea spn cumin powder
1/2 tea spn coriander powder
1/2 cup thick yogurt
Salt

Method:
Add all the marinade ingredients and 1/4 cup fried onion to chicken pieces and leave it aside for about 1hr (in refrigerator).

For rice:
1 and 1/2 cups basmati rice
1/4 cup onion
2 and 1/2 cups water (a little less than required to cook rice completely)
2 cloves
1″ cinnamon
2 cardamom
2 bay leaves
1/2 tea spn ginger paste
1/2 tea spn garlic paste
1/2 tea spn green chilli paste
1/4 tea spn turmeric
Ghee
Salt

Method:
Heat ghee and add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaves, ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste, turmeric, onion and fry for a few minutes. Now add the rice and fry for 2-3 minutes. Then add salt water and let it cook.

Putting everything together
Heat ghee in a thick bottomed pan and add marinated chicken. Fry for about 2mins. If chicken leaves some water, that is fine.
Spread half the quantity of rice, followed by 1/2 the quantity of fried onion. You can add 1/4 cup water just to make sure the rice is completely cooked.
Spread remaining rice and then onion.
Cover the lid and seal the edges with dough. Cook on a medium low flame for about 30-45mins.

Serves : 2-3
Preparation time: 1 and 1/2 hrs