Lucknowi Chicken Briyani

Ingredients:

Rice - 1/2 kg

Chicken - 3/4 kg

Bay leaf - 2

Cloves - 2 - 3

Cinnmaon Stick - little

Elachi - 2

Ginger Garlic paste - 1-2 tbsp

Green chilly - 2

Curd - 4 - 5 tbsp

Onion - 2 (fried)

Chilly Powder - 1 1/2 tbsp

Corriander Powder - 2 tbsp

Jeera Powder - 1/2 tbsp

Mace Powder - Very Little

Mint leaves - little

Ghee, Salt - As reqd

Method:

• Marinate chicken with ginger garlic paste, chilly powder, corriander powder, jeera powder and mace powder.
• Also add little fried onion, slit green chillies and curd and set aside for 2 hours.
• Soak basmati rice in luke warm water for 20 minutes.
• Boil water and add soaked rice and cook for 5 minutes with closed lid.
• Drain the water and keep aside.
• Add ghee to it here and there.
• Heat ghee in pan and add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon and elachi.
• Then add marinated chicken and cook in medium range for 8-10 mins.
• Add fried onion and give quick stir.
• Then add rice and close and dhum.
• Do add mint leaves.