Chicken Briyani Recipe & Cucumber Raita

Chicken Briyani Recipe

Serves 4-6

Ingredient :

1. Basmati Rice - 2cup
2. Tomato - 2big
3. Onion chopped thin long pieces - 3 medium sized
4. Ghee - 1 table spoon
5. Cooking Oil - 1 table spoon
   
6. Cloves - 2
7. Cardamom - 1 or 2
8. cinnamon - 1
9. Bay leaves - 1
10. Aniseeds - 1teaspoon
11. Coconut milk - 2cups (1cup thick &1cup diluted)
12. Salt -2teaspoon (as needed)
13. Briyani masala - 1teaspoon
14. Lemon juice - 2 teaspoon (optional) 
15. Coriander leaves & mint Leaves  chopped - 1 tablespoon

Marination

1. Chicken 1 whole (cut & cleaned) - 750gm to 1kg
2. Chilli powder - 1teaspoon
3. Turmeric - 1teaspoon
4. Salt - 1teaspoon

Grinding 1

1. Garlic peeled - 1 whole or 12 cloves
2. Ginger cleaned & skin removed - 1 inch piece
3. Green chillies - 12
4. Coriander leaves cleaned &chopped - 1/2cup 
5. Mint leaves cleaned & chopped -1/2 cup

Grinding 2

1. Cashew nut - 10
2. Almond (Badam)  - 5

Method :

1. Marinate the chicken with salt,turmeric & chilli powder.Keep aside.
2. Clean the basmati rice & soak it in the coconut milk.Keep aside
3. Grind all the listed grinding 1 ingredients coaresly.
4. Soak the almond & cashew for about 1/2 hour & Grind into a  fine paste.
5. Heat the oil & ghee in a Cooker,Fry cloves,cardamom,aniseed & bay leaves for few seconds.
6. Add & fry the onions until they are slight brown.
7. Add the coarsely ground Grinding 1 paste, fry for few seconds.
8. Add the chopped tomatoes & marinated chicken.Cook it for about 15-20 minutes.
9. Then Pour in the coconut milk & when it boils add in briyani rice.Mix it nicely.
10. Add the Grinding 2 paste, chopped coriander & mint leaves & briyani masala.Close with the cooker lid.Pressure cook for 2 whistles.
11. Open the lid after the pressure went,squeeze in the lemon juice (optional)& Serve.
12. If you want to Dum the briyani,add 1/2 cup more water in the step 10,Don't put the pressure lid.Put the pressure cooker over a heavy weight dosai pan & cook it in the low flame for about 10 - 15 minutes.

Cucumber Raita 

Ingredients :

1. Cucumber - 1
2. Onion - 1/2
3. Salt as needed
4. Yoghurt - 2cups

Method : 

1. Peel & deseed the Cucumber.Cut into very small pieces Or grate it in the grater.
2. Cut the onion into small pieces.
3. Whip the Yoghurt,add the cucumber,onions & salt.