Chicken Biryani
Instructions
# Wash rice and soak it for atleast 30 minutes, preferably for 60 minutes
# Thinly slice onion
# Fry thinly sliced onions in a pot till golden brown. Make sure they are not dark
# Add chicken and all the spices along with ginger and garlic
# Fry for 5 to 6 minutes, continue to stir making sure that chicken does not stick to the base
# Add yogurt and continue to cook on medium heat. Cook the yogurt down till the base is dry and the oil separates
# Check if chicken is cooked, if not add water and cook till the chicken is fully cooked - you can use a pressure cooker to cook this, it will take five minutes.
# Boil 8 cups of water in a pot or electric kettle, Let the water boil in the pot add 2 cardamoms and salt to taste. Add soaked rice to boiling water
# Let the rice boil for two minutes then drain out the water and let the rice rest. Check rice it should not be over cooked.
# Take an oven proof dish for the layering process
# Make first layer by spreading rice as base
# Take milk in a cup and add boiled water and orange food coloring along with kewra drop
# Sprinkle some of it on the first layer
# Now take the cooked chicken mixture and spread it evenly over the layer of rice
# Cover this with remaining rice, sprinkle the remaining color mixture on top
# Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 350 F degrees
# Cover the oven proof dish with foil, make sure it is fully covered
# Put it in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes
# Take it out check rice, if not cooked leave it for another 10 minutes
# Your Biryani should be ready
# Mix it before serving to make sure that the cooked chicken spices are mixed with rice
# Serve hot
# Can be eaten with Raita or without.
