Hyderabadi Dum Chicken Briyani

Ingridients:

For Marinade:

Balck elachi -2

Green elachi - 2

Bay leaves -2

cinnamon - 2 piece of 2"

cloves - 3

star Anise - 1

mace - 1

kalpasi - 1

ginger garlic paste -2tsp

chilli powder - 1tsp

corienter powder - 1tsp

turmeric powder - 1tsp

cumin powder - 1tsp

fennel seeds -1/4 tsp

fresh coriander - 1bunch

fresh mint - 1bunch

lemon - half

Chopped green chillis - 2

pepper corns - 1/4 tsp

Fried onion -1/2 cup

yogurt - 1cup

atlast 1/2 kg chicken.
and salt as needed.

For cooking:

Rice - 2cups

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

1/4 tsp saffron.

one hand full of each fried onion,coriander and mint leaves.

In big bowl combine all the marinade items keep it for atleast 1hr in refrigrator(usually i used marinate to overnigt).

In boiling water add cumin seeds and boil the rice untill it is half cooked.Then drain it and keep aside.

Take another small bowl with 3tbsp of warm water put the saffron starnds inside and keep that also for 15mins.

In a heavy bottemed pan put the marinated chikcken in to it level it up with a spatula then add the half cooked rice over the chicken after the rice add one handfull of fried onions,coriander leaves,mint leaves and saffron water.Keep the pan over the stove with low flame and close the pan with tight lid for 30 to 35 mins(If u don't have the tight lid then take one thick cloth cover the pan and then close the lid over the cloth)then swich off the stove.

serve warm with raita or your favorite side dish.