Indian Chicken Biryani

Ingredients

• 500g Basmathi rice
• 1 Kg Chicken (breast)
• 400g Yogurt /curd
• 5, 6 Cardamom pods
• 2-3 green chillies - chopped
• 2-3 cloves
• 5-6 cloves of garlic - crushed
• 2 tp ground coriander
• 1 tp roasted cumin seed
• 1 tp salt
• Cinnamon stick
• 1 inch piece ginger - crushed
• 3 big onions - chopped
• Thinly sliced 1 or 2 carrots
• 4 cups of chicken stock
• 100 g Butter or 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 100g cashew nuts
• 150g sultana
• 50g almond
• 100g seedless grapes