Mrs.Vahchef is very fond of cooking and her Recipes are very unique and fit for busy women specially working women DESCRIPTION Biryani is traditionally associated with the Mughlai cuisine . In chicken pot biryani version where all the ingredients are placed in one pot and cooked on the stovetop. INGREDIENTS Chicken 750 gms Turmeric powder ½ tsp Red chilly powder 1 tbs Salt 1 tsp Cloves 4 nos Cardamom 2 nos Black cumin seeds 1 tsp Star anise 1 nos Cinnamon 1 stick Mint leaves 1 cup Coriander leaves 1 cup Green chillies 5 nos Onions 1 nos Rice(soaked for 30 mins) 3 cups Water 4 ½ cups Garam masala powder ½ tsp Coriander powder ½ tsp Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp Yogurt 1 cup METHOD 1. Take a bowl and add chicken, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, salt and mix nicely and marinate it overnight. Slightly crush cloves, cardamom, star anise, cinnamon with pestle. 2. Take a mixie jar and add mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chillies blend into a green paste. 3. Heat oil in a pot and bay leaves, black cumin seeds, slightly crushed spices and saute it. 4. To it add slices onions, little salt and cook it, later add ginger garlic paste, pinch of turmeric powder, green paste saute it for 1 min. 5. To it add dry coriander powder, little red chilly powder, garam masala powder, yogurt, and mix it, later add chicken and check for seasoning. 6. Remove water from soaked rice. 7. To the pot add water, rice and mix slightly and cook it with lid on first on high flame later on slow flame until rice is cooked. 8. Now the chicken pot biryani is ready to serve with raitha.

• published: 04 Jul 2015
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