Famous Hydrabadi Chicken Biryani

Ingredients:-

• 2 number black cardamom
• 800 grams chicken medium pieces
• 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• 2 stick cinnamon
• 2 number cloves & green cardamoms each
• 1/2 tbsp cumin & coriander powder
• 2 tbsp each of chopped ginger & garlic
• 2 cups flavored rice (Basmati rice)
• 2 number green chillis
• 1 tbsp javeri mace
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 4 number medium sized onions sliced
• 2 tbsp oil or ghee
• 2 large onion fried
• 6 piece papper corns
• 1/2 tsp saffron color
• To taste salt
• To taste turmeric
• 2 cups yoghurt

Recipe of hydrabadi chicken biryani :-

1. Grind the ingredients to be ground to a fine paste. Mix paste with yoghurt & salt. Make cuts on the chicken pieces & rub this marinade into them well. Marinate in the refrigerator for atleast 4 hours.
2. In a large vessel combine the rice, water, salt & cook till the rice is half done. Drain the excess liquid & spread the rice on a plate to cool.
3. Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pan till hot & fry the sliced onion till they become crispy & golden brown.
4. Add the marinated chicken pieces, mixed well with all other ingredients & add fried onions.
5. In a large heavy-bottomed pan add chicken with marinade & top, a layer of rice topped with a portion of the saffron milk. In this way arrange alternate layers of melted ghee or butter, Chicken, Rice & Saffron milk till thay are all used up. Make sure the topmost layer of rice topped with melted ghee or butter & saffron milk.
6. Cook on high heat for first 10 mins & next 10 mins on medium heat & next 10 mins in low heat.
7. Cover it with a tight fitting lid. Cook on very low level.
8. Garnish with slices of boiled eggs or cashew nuts.