Chicken biriyani

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 2 cups
Chicken pieces - 3/4 kg.
Onion - 3 large, sliced
Yoghurt - 1 cup
Ginger paste - 1 tsp
Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Green chilli paste - 1 tsp
Tomato - 2
Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder (roasted) - 1 tsp
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 3 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Green coriander leaves - 2 tbsp, chopped
Water - 4 cups
Coconut pasted- 2 tbsp
Ghee - 7 tbsp
Egg- 1
Curry leaves- a handful
Salt as required
Coriander leaves- 1bunch


Method

1. Put oil/ghee in a pan(if its ghee the taste will be more), heat it and fry onions till they turn golden brown,then add ginger garlic paste, green chilli paste, fry for some more time and then add tomatoes and fry till it is smashed properly.Then add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, roasted cumin powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder and salt.
2. Take the chicken(pieces should be big for biriyanis) and and add into it.Add to it the coriander leaves as well Let it get cooked for 20-25 minutes.
3.Take the pot and put some ghee in the hot pot.then add all the spices into it along with chopped onion and curry leaves.let it get fried for sometimes.then add 4cups of water to it.Boil the water by closing the pot.then add the rice into it and put it in the flame till the rice get cooked.
4.Take a big pot and down put the chicken masala and on the top of it the cooked rice and put it for dham for around 30 minutes in a very low flame..Once the dham is ready mix rice with the masala.
5.Boil the egg.Remove the shell and garnish with some chicken masala.
SERVE HOT!!!!

Luv,
Roshu