Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 2 1/2 cups
Chicken- 1/2 kg

Egg-2
Onion(medium) - 6 nos(chopped finely)
Tomato(medium)chopped - 3
Garlic - 7 big cloves
Ginger - 1 and 1/2 inch piece
Green chilly - 2
Garam masala powder - 1 tbsp
Yoghurt - 4 tbsp
Coriander leaves - 1 cup
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Lime juice - 4 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Pepper powder - according to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Cardamom(Elakka) - 2
Cinnamon(Karugapatta) - 3 small pieces
Cloves(Grambu) - 2
Salt to taste

Preparation

This is a Kerala style chikken biriyani.

• Grind garlic,ginger and green chilly together to make paste.
• Heat ghee in a pan.
• Saute onions till golden brown.
• Add garlic-ginger-green chilly paste and fry for 2 mins.
• Add chopped tomatoes, chilly powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, mint leaves ,salt and coriander leaves into it.
• Saute for a few minutes till the masala becomes thick.
• Add cut and cleaned chicken pieces and stir.
• Pour little water and mix.
• Cook till chicken is done.
• Add yoghurt.

For rice

• Boil water in another vessel.
• Add enough salt, a pinch of turmeric powder, cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves and 1 spoon ghee into this.
• Add double(of rice) qty of water and cook till done.
• Heat a vessel.
• Pour a little of ghee.
• Put a little of cooked rice and spread 1 tsp of lime juice over it.
• Place one layer of the chicken masala above it and repeat the process till the rice and masala are over.
• Close the lid tightly and heat on a low flame for about 10 mins.
• Boil the eggs for 10minutesand serve this also with the rice

Serve with Lime pickle and onion-tomato salad.This is the southern kerala style to serve with boiled egg.