Easy Chicken Biryani

Easy chicken biryani

Basmati rice - 4 cup
Water - For 1 cup of rice (add 1 1/2 cups of water)
Chicken - 1 kg
Garam masala powder - 2 tsp
Ginger paste- 2 tsp
Garlic paste - 2 tsp
Curd - 1 /4 cup
Lemon juice - 1
Tomato - 2 (sliced)
Onion - 3 to 4 (sliced)
Small onions(Kunjulli) - 1/4 kg
Greenchillies - 5 to 6
Coriander pd -3 tsp
Turmeric pd-  1/2 tsp
Chilly pd -2 tsp
Coriander leaves
Mint leaves
Ghee - 100 gm
Oil
Nutmeg (Jathikka) powder - 1/4 tsp(optional)

For curd kachambar:
Curd - 1 cup
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Corianderleaves
Salt - As reqd
DIRECTIONS

Step 1. Soak the rice in water for about 2 hrs.
Step 2. Mix the cleaned chicken with curd and some salt. Keep it aside.
Step 3. Heat some ghee and oil in a large vessel.
Step 4. Saute small onions, onion and green chillies together.
Step 5. When the colour of the onion turns brown, add the ginger-garlic paste and saute well.
Step 6. Add all spices then add  the tomatoes, coriander leaves and mint leaves and saute well, until all the ingredients mix together and the oil starts to separate.
Step 7. Add garam masala and nutmeg powder.
Step 8. Add the chicken pieces mixed with curd.
Step 9. Mix well and cover the pan with a lid.
Step 10. Cook for about 10 mins.
Step 11. Stir it once every 10 mins.
Step 12. When the chicken is half cooked, add water and allow it to boil.
Step 13. Drain off the water from the rice and add to the boiling water.
Step 14. Allow it to boil and when the rice gets quarter cooked, add the lime juice and close with the lid.
Step 15. Simmer the flame and keep it close until cooked. Stir occasionally once every 10 mins. (when it cooked,if there is excess water increase the flame and stir it.)
Step 16. Let it rest unopened for other 5 to 10 munite.
Step 17. Serve with curd kachambar.

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