How to cook Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani

This is a recepie for a delicious Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani. Unlike the conventional way of cooking biryani where preparing the diffrent layers in the Biryani can be cumbersome, this receipe is a sure way to cook the best biryani you have ever tasted!
This is a must learn even for new cooks! Minimal work with Maximum taste!

Things You'll Need

• Basmati Rice
• Chicken (can be boneless)
• Fried Onions (Available at any Indian grocery store)
• Ginger Garlic paste
• Garam masala
• Biryani masala (Shaan Bombay Biryani Mix- Available at any Indian Grocery store)
• Yogurt (Curd)
• Chilli Powder (Red Chilli)
• Coriander powder
• Cumin Powder
• Green Chilly and Coriander paste
• Mint powder
• Little Salt
• Turmeric powder
• Lemon juice

Instructions

1. Marinade chicken over night with the all the items included in the things you will need except the Basmati rice.
   1. Ginger Garlic paste -
   2. Fried Onions
   3. Garam masala
   4. Biryani masala
   5. Yogurt
   6. Chilly Powder
   7. Coriander-Cumin powder
   8. Green Chilly and Coriander paste
   9. Mint powder
   10. Little Salt
   11. Turmeric powder
   12. Lemon juice

2. Next Day, Half cook rice with garam masala (mixture of cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, cumin seeds, whole black pepper, cardamom )and little salt. Cook Rice in an open vessel so that you have better control over how it cooks. As soon as you see it half cooked, pour out the remaing water

3. Preheat the oven at 400 (Bake Setting). Meanwhile Spread the marinated check in a large pan. spread the chicken as thin as possible over the surface of the pan. Spread the half cooked rice over it. Now take another handful of fried onions and spread over the rice.

4. Take half a cup of water and heat it in the microwave with a tea spoon of Pure Ghee. Pour this over the rice in the pan.
   Now cover the pan with an aluminium foil tightly. Bake it in the oven for 1 Hr 5 Mins.
   You are now all set for a delicious dinner!!!

Tips & Warnings

• The spices for marinading have to be added as per your taste. i.e. add more chilli powder if you like your food hot etc. etc. This process is intuitive and there really isnt much that can go wrong with the marinading!

• Try taking out the pan after 55 min to check if the chicken is cooked.