Food and Travel Magazine | Thai chicken biryani

Ingredients

• 1kg chicken thighs and/or legs
• 4tbsp rapeseed oil
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 2.5cm cinnamon stick
• 2 star anise
• 1tsp black peppercorns
• 1tsp cloves
• 2tbsp natural yoghurt
• 1tsp garam masala or curry powder
• 370g jasmine rice, rinsed
• 1tsp salt
• 750ml good-quality chicken stock or water
• 5cm piece ginger, roughly chopped
• 8 garlic cloves, smashed
• 4 large shallots, roughly chopped
• bunch coriander, roughly chopped
• 2tbsp fish sauce
• 1tsp ground turmeric
• 1⁄2tsp garam masala or curry powder
• 3tbsp natural yoghurt
• 8tbsp sugar
• 8tbsp white vinegar
• 1 cucumber, seeded and roughly chopped
• 2-3 shallots, roughly chopped
• 6 green finger chillies, sliced into thin rings
• 4 red spur chillies, roughly chopped