Chicken Biryani | Soulful And Healthy

Ingredients

• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
• Juice of half lemon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Chicken thighs (skinless & boneless) or chicken drumsticks- approx - 500 grams
• Basmati rice 350 grams
• Ghee 150 grams or 5 heaping tablespoons
• Onion 500 grams thinly sliced
• Raisins 25 grams
• Cashew nuts 25 grams
• Garlic paste 25 grams
• Ginger paste 25 grams
• Green chilli 4 grind to paste (optional, reduce as per your heat preference)
• Tomato 100 grams finely chopped
• Lemon 1/2
• Coriander leaves chopped approx 15 grams - Plus more for garnish in the end
• Mint leaves chopped approx 15 grams - plus more for garnish
• Saffron strands a pinch
• Milk 1 tbsp to mix saffron
• Salt to taste
• Biryani masala 25 grams or as per taste
• 2 litres of boiling water
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 1 star anise
• 2 cloves
• 2 cardamoms
• 1 large bay leaf or 2 small
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ghee
• 1/2 cucumber finely chopped
• 1 tomato finely chopped
• 1/2 onion finely chopped
• 1 tub natural yogurt beaten (not Greek)