Chicken biryani recipe | Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 150 ml vegetable oil
• 2½ tbsp sweet paprika
• 1 tbsp each black peppercorns, cumin seeds and coriander seeds
• 2½ tsp each ground turmeric and ground chilli
• ¼ tsp finely grated nutmeg
• 3 cardamom pods
• 2 cloves
• 2 star anise
• 1 cinnamon quill, broken into rough pieces
• 2 long dried chillies, broken into rough pieces
• 1 fresh bay leaf
• 500 gm thick natural yoghurt
• ½ cup each finely chopped mint and coriander, plus extra coriander sprigs to serve
• 1½ tbsp finely grated ginger
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 4 chicken Marylands, halved through the joint
• 400 gm basmati rice
• 50 gm butter, diced
• 70 ml milk
• ¼ tsp saffron threads
• To serve: fried shallots and lemon wedges