Easy Chicken Biryani Recipe for Home Cooks

Ingredients

• Chicken pieces — Choose thighs or drumsticks and small pieces that you prefer.
• Fried onions — Fry sliced onions in advance. They are called birista.
• Basmati rice — This is the staple for biryani recipe. Go for aged basmati rice or the one used, specifically in biryani recipe for better presentation and taste.
• Yogurt — Stock up on plain yogurt or Greek yogurt. You can also use homemade curd.
• Ground spices — Red chilli powder or cayenne pepper, garam masala or chicken masala (spice) and turmeric powder.
• Whole spices — Collect bay leaf, saffron, and green cardamom for ultimate fragrance.
• Tomato puree — Make at home or use store-bought tomato puree.
• Ginger garlic paste — Store-bought or homemade ginger garlic paste is best to use.
• Milk, oil, and clarified butter — you need milk to soak the saffron strands, oil and clarified butter for cooking biryani.
• Herbs — Coriander and mint leaves for garnishing.