Ingredients
2 cups basmati rice
250 gms chicken pieces
Ghee or oil 3 tsp +6 tsp
Onions sliced 1+2
2 cloves
1/2 inch cinnamon
2 bay leaves
2 slit green chillies
Salt to taste
4 saffron strands soaked in 2 tsp milk
Corriander leaves chopped 1/4 cup
Mint leaves chopped 2 tsp
For marination:
1/4 cup hung curd or thick curd
2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp biryani masala
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp lime juice
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
Salt to taste
Procedure
In a vessel cook rice in water with cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf and salt to taste
When it is done 75 % strain it and cool it
Wash and clean the chicken pieces and marinate with the ingredients and refrigerate them for a minimum of 1/2 an hour
In a pan heat 3 tsp oil or ghee and fry 1 sliced onion till dark brown and keep aside
In the same pan heat remaining oil and saute remaining sliced onions till light brown
Add marinated chicken and cook till it is cooked and becomes dry
In a microwave-safe bowl put one layer of rice and then the chicken masala
Repeat this again and garnish with chopped coriander leaves, mint leaves, fried onion slices and saffron milk
Keep in microwave for 3 to 4 minutes and serve hot with any raita.
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