Chicken Biryani

Ingredients:
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1. Oil - 1/4 cup
2. ghee - 1/4 cup
3. cinnamon, cloves - few
4. mint - 1 cup
5. coriander leaves - 1 cup
6. green chillies - 4
7. red chillie paste ( 6 chillies soak in water and grind)
8. ginger + garlic + 2 green chillies + 1 cinnamon stick + 1 clove paste
9. Chicken pieces - 1 lb
10. Jeera sambha rice - 2 cups
11. Water - 4 cups
12. Onion - 2
13. Tomato - 1

• In cooker, add Oil + ghee , cinnamon and cloves.
• Saute Onion, mint, coriander, green chillies. Fry till the onion is golden brown.
• Add chicken pieces and fry
• Add ginger + garlic + 2 green chillies + 1 cinnamon stick + 1 clove paste
• Fry till no ginger garlic odour
• Now add Red chilli paste
• Close the lid and allow chicken to cook.
• Wait until the oil floats.
• Then add water ( 1 cup rice : 2 cups water )
• Add rice ( If the rice is soaked in water for 30 mins then add 1 cup rice : 1 3/4 cups water )
• Close the lid and allow rice to cook.
• wait until the rice is 3/4 th cooked. There should be no water on top of the rice.
• Now add weight and simmer for 10 mins
• squeeze little lime on top of the rice (optional)