Fried Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients:

For Chicken Masala:

1/2 kg chicken, cut into pieces
1 1/2-2 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
4 big onions, sliced
2 tomatoes, chopped
6 green chillies
1 piece ginger
8 cloves garlic
1/2 cup coriander leaves, chopped
few mint leaves, chopped
1 tsp garam masala
lime juice of 1 lemon
salt
oil

For Rice:

2 1/2 cup basmati rice/ jeerakashala rice
4 1/2 cup water
1 onion, sliced
3 cloves
3 cardamoms
3 cinnamons
2 bay leaves
ghee
yellow colour (optional)
salt

Preparation:

For Chicken Masala:

1. Marinate cleaned chicken pieces with chilli powder, turmeric powder, ginger- garlic paste and salt and fry it in hot oil and keep it aside.
2. Crush ginger, garlic and green chillies together and keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a large pan, add sliced onions and saute till transparent.
4. Add crushed ginger-garlic-green chilli paste and saute well.
5. Then add chopped tomatoes and mix well.
6. Add garam masala, chopped coriander leaves, mint leaves, lemon juice and salt and mix well.
7. Add fried chicken pieces and mix well. Cover and cook  for few minutes in low flame. 

1. Wash and drain the rice. Boil water and keep it aside. Heat ghee in a wide thick bottomed pan, add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves,bay leaves and sliced onion and saute till transparent.
2. Add drained rice and saute for 2-3 minutes in low-medium flame. To this add boiled water and salt and cook till rice is done.