Chicken Biryani

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 300 g basmati rice
• 25 g butter
• 1 large onion, finely sliced
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cardamom pods
• 1 small cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 4 chicken breasts, sliced
• 4 tablespoons curry paste
• 85 g raisins
• 850 ml chicken stock
• coriander, chopped
• sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 soak the rice in warm water, then wash in cold until the water runs clear.
• 2 heat the butter in a saucepan and cook the onions with the bay leaf and other whole spices for 10 minutes. sprinkle in the turmeric, then add chicken and curry paste; cook till aromatic.
• 3 stir the rice into the pan with the raisins, then pour over the stock. place a tight fitting lid on the pan and bring to a hard boil, then lower the heat to a minimum; cook the rice for another 5 minutes. turn of the heat & leave for 10 minutes. stir well, mixing through half the coriander.
• 4 to serve scatter over the rest of the coriander and the almonds.