Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients:
For Rice:
Basmati Rice- 2 cups
Ghee- 1 tbsp
Water- 5 cups
Salt

Marinating chicken:
Chicken - 1 Kg
Ginger-Garlic paste- 2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Chilly powder- 1 tsp
Garam Masala- 1 tsp
Lemon juice- 2 tsp
Salt

For masala:
Onion- 2 large onions
Ginger/Garlic paste- 2tsp
Green chilly- 2 chopped
Tomatoes chopped- 1
Fried Chicken- 1 Kg
Garam Masala- 1tsp
coriander powder-1tsp
coriander leaves-few
Lemon juice- 1 tsp
Oil
Salt

How to prepare:
For rice:
1. Boil water in a vessel,add enough salt,two cardamoms,cinnamon,cloves and 1 tsp ghee in to it.
2. Cook rice until it is done and drain.

Chicken fry:
1. Marinate the ingredients over the chicken and mix well and keep covered at least 1 hour.
2. Then Take pan heat oil put the marinated chicken and fry well,until it turns light golden
on both sides.

For Masala:
1. Heat oil in a pan put onions and saute well.
2. Add ginger-garlic paste ,salt,green chilies saute for a minute.
3. Add tomatoes saute until it get mashed.
4. Then put garam masala,coriander powder and mix well and add the fried chicken to this.
5. Give it a stir, add lemon juice and coriander eaves mix well.
6. Cook the chicken along with the onion masala for 15 minutes.
7. When masala mix with the fried chicken remove from the heat.
8. Take a vessel first add half of the prepared chicken masala and second make a rice layer.
9. Mix well and serve hot.

Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati rice             - 2 cup
Beans                      - 1/4 cup finely chopped
Carrot                     - 1/4 cup finely chopped
Capsicum                -1/4 cup finely chopped
Fresh Green peas    -1/4 cup
Garlic                      -1  tbsp  finely chopped
Ginger                     - 1 inch piece  finely chopped
Vinegar                   - 1 tsp
Soya sauce             - 1 tsp
Tomato sauce         - 1 tsp
Salt
Oil

How to prepare:

1. Soak Basmati rice for 30 minutes and cook adding 4 cups of boiling water, salt and a tsp of oil.
2. Spread it on a plate to cool.The cooked grains should be separate.
3. Heat oil in a pan, when the oil is very hot, add garlic and ginger, saute for a few seconds.
4. Then add beans and fry for a few seconds, followed by green peas, carrot and capsicum. All the vegetables should be sauteed on high flame and continuous stirring.
5. Add cooked rice, soya sauce, vinegar, tomato sauce and needed salt. Mix well and serve hot.

Vegetable Biriyani

Ingredients

For Rice :
Basmathi Rice                               2 cup
Water                                          4 cup
Cloves                                         2-3
Cardamom                                   2
Cinnamon                                     small piece
Ghee
Salt

For Masala :
Carrot                                              1(Cut into small pieces)
Capsicum                                         1(Cut into small pieces)
Fresh Green peas                              1/4 cup
Onion                                              1 (Finely chopped)
Turmeric powder                              1/4 tsp
Garam masala                                   1 tsp
Garlic ginger paste                             2 tsp
Chilly powder                                    1/2 tsp
Ghee                                                 2 tsp
Salt

For garnishing :
Cashew and raisins               1/4 cup
Deep fried Onion                  1/4 cup
Coriander leaves                   1/4 cup

How to prepare

Cooking the Rice:
1. Heat Ghee in a vessel and add the cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon. Saute for few minutes.
2. Add the basmati rice and mix well. When the rice starts crackling, add 4 cups of water and salt. Note that the salt is only for the rice. We have used salt separately for the masala.
3. Cook till rice is done and the water is dried up.

Making the Masala:

1. Cook the Carrot, Green peas and Capsicum in water with salt for 5-8 mints.Drain and keep aside.
2. Heat Ghee in a pan and saute the onions till they are soft.Add the Garlic ginger paste and saute well for a couple of minutes.
3. Now add the cooked vegetables,garam masala,Turmeric powder and Chilly powder. Add little water. Cover and cook until the gravy is thick. Now the masala is ready, keep it aside.

Layering the Biriyani:
1. Grease the bottom of a non stick/thick bottom vessel with some ghee.
2. Make a layer of biriyani rice. After that make a layer of vegetable masala. Repeat this process till the rice and masala is layered completely. The top layer must be of rice.
3.  Deep fry sliced onion in ghee and keep aside. Fry cashew nuts and raisins in ghee. Spread the fried onions, cashews and raisins on the layered biriyani.
4. Also add the chopped coriander leaves.
5. Place the vessel on top of stove and lower the flame. Keep it for 5-10 mins.
The biriyani is ready :)... 

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