Chicken Dhone Briyani

 

Ingredients:

Chicken - 300 g

Jeeraga samba rice - 3 cups

Onion - 1 1/2 (thin slices)

Tomato - 2 (Fine chop)

Green chilly - 3-4 

Chicken Masala - 2 tsp

Mint Leaf - Handful

Coriander Leaf - Handful

Fenugreeek Leaves - Little

Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

For Marination:

Red Chilly powder  - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

Curd - 1/4 cup

Gigner garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp

Lime juice - 1/2 tsp

Salt - As reqd

Masala:

Black pepper corns - 1 tsp

Coriander seeds - 1 1/2 tsp

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Shahi jeera -  1/4 tsp

Cloves - 3

Cinnamon stick - small piece

Green Cardamon - 2

Star Anise  3 petals (from a flower)

Method:

• In a bowl add in cleaned and washed chicken pieces.
• To this add in items under "For marination".
• Mix well and set aside for 30 mins.
• In a blender add in mint leaf, coriander leaf and green chilly.
• Blend this to fine paste and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add in thin sliced onions and saute for a while.
• Add in tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy,
• Cook in medium flame.
• Add in grounded masala and mix it.
• Add in blended paste, marinated chicken.
• Add in salt if needed, mix it and cook till oil oozes.
• Now in other pan, add in ghee and roast the cleaned and washed rice.
• Add this to gravy and mix.
• Add water, chicken masala and mix well.
• Pressure cook in low flame for 10-12 mins or can cook in electric cooker too.

Note:

• Instead of masala, you can use store bought briyani masala too.
• Chicken will also leave water, so add water accordingly.