FRIED CHICKEN BIRIYANI

Ingredients

1. Chicken -500gms 
2. Basmati Rice -300gms
3. Onion - 4big thinly sliced 
4. Tomato - 2 big cut into small pieces
5. Ginger Garlic Paste -2 tbsp
6. Green Chilly - 6 chopped
7. Bay Leaf -2
8. Cardamom - 5 
9. Cinnamon - 1 small piece 
10. Cloves - 4 
11. Shahi Jeera - 1 tsp
12. Black Cardamom -1 (Optional)
13. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
14. Chilly powder (kashmiri)  - 4 tbsp
15. Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
16. Pepper powder -2 tsp
17. Gram masala - 1tsp
18. Curd - 1/4 cup
19. Pudina leaves - 1/2 cup
20. Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
21. Ghee -1/4 cup 
22. Oil as needed to shallow fry the chicken
23. Lime -2
24. salt 

For Garnishing

1. Onion - 1 sliced 
2. cashew nuts - 10
3. Raisins - 15 

Method

1. Wash the rice thoroughly; soak for 40 mins, drain the water completely and set aside.
2. Take  turmeric powder, chilly powder, pepper powder & coriander powder in a bowl, add garam masala, salt, 1tsp lime juice, ginger- garlic paste and soak  for 20 mins.
3. Wash and clean  the chicken pieces in a bowl,  drain the water completely, then marinate with half of the masala and keep aside for 30 mins.
4. Heat oil in a pan, shallow fry the marinated chicken pieces in batches on medium heat until slightly brown and keep aside.
5. Heat 2tbsp ghee in a deep vessel on low flame, to it add bay leaf, shahi jeera, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and fry for 2 mins. 
6. To the above, add 4 cups of water, salt and lime juice, bring to boil, add soaked rice and cook until the rice is 80 percent done, then drain the water completely and keep aside.
7. Heat oil in a pan, add sliced onion, fry well, then add the other half masala, saute well,  then add tomatoes, fry until soft,  add  curd, lime juice and salt,  saute, then add the pudina, coriander leaves (half), mix well, finally add the fried chicken pieces, again mix well, then remove from heat and set aside.
8. Heat oil in a pan, fry cashew nuts first, take it out, then fry raisins and keep aside. In the same oil, fry the sliced onion until golden brown, take it out from oil and keep aside.

Layering the biriyani

1. In a large vessel, spread some ghee, layer half of the rice, next chicken masala, repeat the same. Then on the top, garnish with fried nuts, raisin and onion, then pudina and coriander leaves.
2. After that, sprinkle some ghee and rose water, cover the vessel tightly and place it on hot tawa till steam comes out. when it is done, remove from tawa and keep it covered till serving.
3. while serving take from bottom of the vessel using a long spoon so you will get both rice and chicken masala.
4. Enjoy the yummy FRIED CHICKEN BIRIYANI with RAITHA and PICKLE.