Chicken biryani recipe | Flavourful Dish | Woolworths TASTE

Ingredients

• 1 kg free-range chicken, cut into 8 pieces without removing the bones
• For the marinade:
• 3 T red ginger and garlic masala
• 1 t rough-dried red chillies
• bunch fresh coriander, chopped
• 2 T mint, chopped
• 3 T biryani masala
• salt, to taste
• t turmeric
• 1 T ground coriander
• 1 T chilli powder
• 1⁄2 cup lemon juice
• 1 tomato, grated
• 1 cup yoghurt
• 2 T chopped mint, with a little reserved to garnish
• 3 onions, grated and fried in oil, with a little reserved to garnish
• For the rice:
• 590 g basmati rice
• 1 t whole cumin seeds
• 3 t salt
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 5 cups water
• 1⁄2 cup ghee
• 1 t whole cumin
• 1⁄2 cup canned masoor (red or brown lentils) (or replace with 1⁄2 cup frozen peas)
• 3 potatoes, peeled and halved
• oil, for frying
• 1 T saffron water, with the frond
• 3 eggs, boiled and peeled (optional)
• 2 T chopped coriander, to garnish