Tamil Nadu Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients

500gms chicken

2 cups of jeera rice(or basmathi)

3 cups of water

2 tbsp ghee

2 tbsp cooking oil

3  2inch cinnamon stick

2 Cloves

3 cardamom pod

2 tbsp coriander seed

2 to 3 dry red chillies

 2 medium sized onion

2 tomatoes

 2 bay leaves

1 tbsp aniseed

5 green chillies

10 curry leaves

1 inch kalpasi(Black stone flower)optional

2 tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 bunch mint leaves

juice of 1/2 lemon

3 tbsp curd

Salt to taste

1 tsp turmeric powder

 Preparation

It is better to prep everything before starting to cook.

2 tbsp of ghee

2 tbsp cooking oil

mix together

2 cups of jeera rice-just wash and keep it aside

chop onion and tomatoes into thin slices

2 medium sized onion 

2 tomatoes

2 inch cinnamon stick

1 cardamom pod

1 Clove

10 curry leaves

2 bay  leaves

1 tbsp aniseed

5 green chillies

1 bunch mint leaves

2tbsp ginger garlic paste

½ lemon

3 tbsp curd

Salt to taste

 Biriyani Powder

1-2inch cinnamon stick

1 clove

2 cardamom pod

2 tbsp coriander seed

2 to 3 dry red chillies

grind all the above ingredients for biriyani powder

Method

 Heat cooking pan add oil and ghee.

First fry cinnamon stick ,bay leaves, kalpasi, green chillies,cardamom and aniseed.

Next add  onion and curry leaves, fry until it turns transparent.

Add tomato and fry for further 5 to 10 minutes.

Add the biriyani powder and ginger garlic paste.

Fry until oil separates.

                                     Next fry chicken and turmeric powder for 5 minutes.

Add curd and fry further 10 minutes

Add rice and water and salt.

While water start to boil add mint leaves and lemon juice..

Cover and cook for 15 minutes on low flame

Note: this is the same recipe used for mutton and lamb biriyani.