Hyderabadi Chicken Biriyani

For Rice :
Ingredients :
1) Rice - 3 cups ( Clean and soak for 10 min )
2) Cloves - 6
3) Cardamom - 4
4) Cinnamon - 2 sticks ( 1 inch )
5) Shahjeera - 1 tsp
6) Bay leaves - 2
7) salt

Method :
1) Take a vessel, add oil and fry ingredient 2 to ing 6. Then add rice, fry for 5 - 10 min. 2) Add 5 cups water and bring to boil.

3) Place a lid and cook on slow flame. when rice is half cooked turn off the flame.

For Gravy :
Ingredients :
1) Chicken - 1/2 kg ( Clean with turmeric and keep aside )
2) Cloves - 4
3) Cardamom - 3
4) Cinnamon - 2 sticks
5) Bay leaves - 1
6) Hand full of cashews

7) Ginger, garlic, red chilli paste - 2 tsp

8) Garam Masala - 3 tsp
9) Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
10) Onion - 1 ( Cut into slices )
11) Lemon - 1/2 or 2 tbsp
12) Curd - 2 tbsp
13) Butter or Ghee - 2 tbsp
14) Oil - 1 tbsp

Method :
1) Take a vessel, add butter and oil and heat. Then add ingredient 2 to ing 6, fry.

2) Add chicken and fry for 20 min on medium flame. Then add onions and ginger, garlic, red chilli paste.

3) Fry for 10 min and then add chilli powder and garam masala powder.

4) Add little water and cook for 5 min.

5) Add curd and lemon juice, cook for 5min.

6) Turn off the flame and aside.

For Color :
Ingredient :
1) Red Food Color
2) Milk - 1/4 cup
Method :
1) Combine those 2 ing mix well.

For Biriyani :

Method :
Layer 1 : Take a rice cooker, add rice.

Layer 2 : Add Chicken.

3) Repeat 1 & 2 steps. Then add Color.

4) Cook in rice cooker and keep it warm for 30 min. Serve hot with raita.