Nawabi Biryani

Ingredients

• 1 Kilogram Chicken skinned, cut into serving pieces
• 2 Teacup Curds
• 3 Tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
• A Little Salt
• 1 Teacup Ghee
• 1/2 Teaspoon Jeera (Cumin Seeds)
• 1/2 Teaspoon Shahi Jeera (Caraway seed)
• 1/2 Teaspoon Crushed Cloves (Lavang)
• 5 Nos. Broken Cinnamon (Dalchini)
• 10 Nos. Peeled, and seeds crushed Cardamoms (Elaichi)
• Crushed Pepper Corns
• 1 Teacup Almonds (Badam) blanched, halved
• 1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
• Add to kadai
• 1 Teaspoon Garam-Masala
• 2 Teaspoon Chilly Powder, Red
• 1/2 Teacup Water
• 8 Sprigs/Twigs Mint Leaves (Pudina) pluck leaves and chop. Add to kadai
• 1 Teacup Coriander Leaves (Kothmeer) clean leaves and chop, add to kadai.
• 1 1/2 Teacup Rice, fine grain. soaked in water for 1/2 hour, washed
• 1/4 Teacup Ghee To fry rice in pressure cooker
• As Required Water to cook rice.
• As Required Salt to taste
• 1/4 Teacup Ghee To fry sliced onion
• 4 Medium Onions Sliced thin, and fried crisp.
• 1/2 Teaspoon Saffron (Kesar) For garnish