Recipe: Chicken Biryani

What you need:

1. Basmathi rice - 1/2 kg
2. Biryani paste - (priya is recommended)
3. Ghee - 100gm
4. cashewnuts
5. Onions
6. Green chillis - 3
7. ginger garlic paste - 1tsp
8. tomato - 1
9. cloves - 6
10. cinnamon - 1 small
11. cardamom - 2
12. coriander powder - 1/4 tsp
13. soamp - 1/4tsp
14. Salt - AR
15. Biryani Leaf - 1 (optional)

How to do:

1. Mix cut 1 onion, ginger garlic, 1 tomato, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, coriander powder, very little salt(1/4 tsp), soamp finely into paste in a grinder.

2. Put 100gm ghee in a vessel and fry cut onions, green chillis, cashewnut and biryani leaf.
3. Add marinated chicken pieces or fried chicken pieces into the vessel mixture.
4. Add the grinder paste and biryani paste into the vessel, mix it and continue frying.

5. Add salt and water(1.8:1 to rice) ratio into the vessel, mix thoroughly and let it bubble boil.




6. Add basmathi rice into the vessel and mix thoroughly
7. Add handful of mint leaves on the top
8. For faster cooking, combine step 5 & 6 into a cooker and cook for 2 whistles.
9. Chicken biryani is READY...NJOY

*AR = As Required

Recipe: Chicken curry

What you need:

1. Whole Chicken - 1/2kg
2. Onions - 2
3. Green chillis - 3
4. tomato - 1
5. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
6. Cloves - 6
7. Cardamom - 1 small
8. cinnamon - 2
9. soamp - 1/4 tsp
10. coriander powder - 1/4 tsp
11. Salt - AR
12. turmeric - 1/4 tsp
13. chilli powder - AR
14. Curd - 1 tsp
15. Coriander leaves - 10 stems
16. Oil - AR

How to do:

1. Mix cut 1 onion, ginger garlic, 1 tomato, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, coriander powder, very little salt(1/4 tsp), soamp finely into paste in a grinder.

2. Mix chicken, chilli powder, turmeric, salt, curd with 1/2 of the grinder paste and leave it for atleast 15mins.
3. Cut the other onion and green chill into small pieces separately and fry them in oil in a pan.
4. Fry marinated chicken pieces in the pan for 15mins.

5. Add the remaining half grinder paste and fry for another 5 mins and put the lid on the pan.
6. Add little bit of water and let the chicken boil for atleast 15mins under small flame.
7. Garnish with coriander leaves once done.
8. Chicken curry is READY...NJOY

* AR = As Required