Cooked Meat Biryani (Chicken Biryani)

Ingredients

·             Rice - 2 1/2 cups soaked in water for an hour

·             Onions - 4 medium (sliced lengthwise)

·             Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)

·             Green Coriander - chopped for garnishing

·             Birista (golden fried onion) - for garnishing

·             Salt - to taste

·             Oil - as needed

For Marination

·             Chicken - 2 lbs

·             Yogurt - 2 cups 
Turmeric powder - 2 tsp

·             Red chilli powder - 2 tbsp

·             Garam masala powder - 2 tbsp

·             Ginger-garlic paste - 3 tbsp

·             Lemon juice - 2 tsp

·             Potato - 1 (cut into four pieces)
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp

·             Coriander powder - 1 tbsp

·             Whole garam masala - 2 tbsp (a mix of bay leaf/ cinnamon/ black pepper/ green cardamom/ black cardamom)

·             Butter - 2 tblsp

Method

1.          Marinate all the above ingredients under 'Marination' for 3-4 hours and refrigerate.

2.          Take oil in a vessel. Add onions and let it turn pink. Add tomatoes and fry until the oil separates.

3.          Add the marinated chicken and cook well.

4.          In the meantime, take a big vessel with water. Add required salt & 1 tbsp ghee.

5.          Bring the water to a boil. 

6.          Then add the soaked rice and let it cook. Once cooked, drain all the water.

7.          Now in a vessel or a container, arrange the biryani as shown in the picture with rice layer at the bottom. 

8.          Put some birista (golden fried onions) over the rice layer.

9.          Then add a layer of cooked chicken.

10.          Finally another rice layer.

11.          Top it up with birista and chopped green coriander leaves.