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