Chicken Biryani recipe by Fathima Suleman

Ingredients

• chicken
• elachie
• cinnamon sticks
• whole jeeru (cumin)
• cloves
• peppercorns
• ginger garlic paste
• salt
• dhania (coriander)-jeeru (cumin) powder
• black pepper powder
• cinnamon powder
• jeeru (cumin) powder
• chilli powder
• turmeric
• garum masala
• sha jeeru (cumin)
• egg yellow food colour
• biryani spice
• yoghurt
• lemon juice
• tomato puree
• a grated tomato
• green masala to taste (pounded green chilli and garlic)
• Crushed fried onions
• saffron essence or few strands saffron
• chopped mint
• dhania (coriander)
• rice
• Masoor (Back lentils)
• potatoes
• ghee (Clarified butter)
• oil
• water