This amazing recipe of delicious and fragrant biriyani cooked with special fried chicken is worth trying.

 

Ingredients

For the biriyani masala

3 tbsp fennel seeds

6 cloves

6 cardamom pods

1 small piece cinnamon

¼ nutmeg

½ star anise

For the fried chicken

1 kg chicken

½ tsp turmeric powder

1 tbsp Kashmiri chili powder

1 tsp biryani masala

Salt as required

Juice of half lemon

½ cup coconut oil

3 sprigs curry leaves

For the chicken masala

4 big onions

10 garlic cloves

1 inch piece of ginger

2 tomatoes

½ tsp turmeric powder

2 tsp biryani masala

1 tsp pepper powder

2 tbsp coriander and mint leaves paste

½ cup chopped pineapple

Salt as required

½ cup water

For the rice

2 cups basmati rice

3 ½ cups water

½ cup masala gravy

4 tbsp ghee

1 big onion

¼ cup cashews

¼ cup raisins

1 carrot

5 cardamom pods

5 cloves

1 small piece cinnamon

1 tsp pepper corns

½ tsp caraway seeds

½ cup chopped pineapple

Salt as required

Coriander leaves

Preparation

Dry roast the whole spices for 5 minutes

Grind this into fine masala powder

Marinate the chicken pieces with turmeric powder, chili powder, masala podwer, salt and lemon juice

Keep them aside for at least two hours (you could also marinate the chicken overnight)

Heat coconut oil or sun flower oil in thick bottomed pan

Fry the marinated chicken pieces until brown in color

Fry curry leaves too in the same oil

Set them aside to be used later

Transfer 4 tbsp of the same oil into another pan

Sauté the onions

Into it add crushed ginger – garlic and green chilies

Sauté u