Easy Chicken Biryani

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• 2 tablespoons yogurt
• 1 medium onion paste
• 1/2 inch ginger paste
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
• 2 cups basmati rice, washed and soaker for 30 min
• 4 crushed cardamom
• 2 inches crushed cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground mace
• 1 teaspoon kewra essence
• to taste salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 3 cups water, for rice

Directions

1. 1

   1. Marinate the chicken in curd along with ginger paste, red chili powder, and half of the crushed cardamom and cinnamon for 1/2 hour.

2. 2

   2. Heat oil in a pan and stir fry the onion paste for 5 minutes. Add the marinated chicken into it and fry in medium heat till oil starts coming out from the pan.

3. 3

   3. Add a little water and boil till the tender and dry.

4. 4

   4. Heat ghee in rice cooker, add mace powder, nutmeg powder, salt, sugar and the remaining cardamom and cinnamon. Fry for a minute.

5. 5

   5. Add rice and stir for 3 minutes. Add 3 cup water and cook the rice till it is 75% done.

6. 6

   6. Mix the cooked chicken in layers and add saffron and Kewra essence. Keep it in under pressure for at least one hour. Garnish with boiled eggs.