Chicken Biryani - Another Pantry

Ingredients

• 200g plain flour
• 500g good-quality basmati rice
• 5 tbsp salt
• 1/2 tsp saffron strands
• 80ml full-fat milk
• 8 tbsp ghee or vegetable oil (sometimes I mix both and it works really well)
• 2 white onions, thinly sliced into half moons
• 1kg skinless chicken thighs, on the bone
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 5–6-cm piece of fresh ginger, grated
• 2 tbsp full-fat Greek-style yoghurt
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 2 green cardamom pods
• 2 cloves
• 1-cm piece of cinnamon stick
• 1-cm piece of mace, crushed
• 1/8 tsp grated nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• juice of 1/2 lemon