Chicken Biryani

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb chicken breast, boneless skinless, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
• 2 cups rice, washed and drained
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1/3 cup green peas (optional)
• 1/3 cup cashew nuts
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 inch piece ginger, finely grated
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 2 medium onions, sliced into rings
• 2 medium tomatoes, diced
• 5 mint leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 3 large potatoes, peeled and diced
• 5 tablespoons butter or 5 tablespoons ghee
• 3 cardamoms
• 3 cloves
• 2 inches cinnamon sticks
• salt

Recipe

• 1 saute the onions and the cashew in the butter until golden brown,
• 2 about 5-7 minutes. add the green peas and raisins and fry for a
• 3 few more minutes. remove from the pan, and keep warm.
• 4 put the ginger, garlic, chillie powder, curry powder into the
• 5 same pan used above and saute for 3-4 minutes. add the meat and
• 6 saute about 4-5 minutes. the meat should be about half
• 7 cooked at the end of this step.
• 8 add chopped tomatoes, cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms, turmeric,
• 9 mint leaves and salt and saute for 2 minutes. add a little water
• 10 and cook until the meat is almost cooked. now add the rice and
• 11 potatoes. add the rest of the water and simmer covered, on a very
• 12 low flame for 15-20 minutes, until the rice is cooked.
• 13 serve hot, garnished with the fried onion mixture.