INGREDIENTS :Basmati rice :3 cups
chicken :1/2 kg
cardamom :3
bay leaf :2
cinnamon :2
cloves :5
ginger garlic paste :1 tsp
turmeric powder :1/2 tsp
red chilli powder :1 tsp
curd :1cup
salt :as needed
green chillies :3
coriander leaves :1 bunch
mint leaves :1 bunch
onions :2 big
kala jeera :1 tsp
garam masala :1 tsp
oil :100 ml
cashew nuts :10
ghee :3 tsp
cumin :1 tsp
METHOD :
Soak the rice in water for 30 min and keep a side.
Wash the chicken,add salt,ginger garlic paste,garam masala,chilli powder,turmeric powder and curd and marinate.
Take a blender,add coriander leaves,mint leaves,green chillies and grind them to a fine paste.Add this to the marinated chicken and keep a side.
Heat oil in a pan,add finely sliced onions and try them till golden brown and crispy and keep a side.
Heat oil in the same pan,add cumin,cloves,cardamom,cinnamon,bay leaves add this to the marinated chicken.
Boil water add salt,kala jeera and add the soaked rice to it and let it half cook.
Drain the half cooked rice and keep a side.
Take a heavy bottomed vessel,add oil and when the oil is heat,add the marinated chicken to it and fry for 2 or 3 min on a medium heat.
Add the drained rice as a layer on top of the chicken and spread some coriander leaves,mint leaves on top of the rice.
Add one more layer of the rice and spread some coriander leaves,mint leaves and roasted cashew nuts and some ghee on top of it.
Place the lid and over the lid place a heavy weight and seal the edges with wheat dough.Cook on high flame for 2 min and cook for another 30 min on a medium heat.
Turn off the heat (don't remove the lid for 10 min), remove the lid and mix all gently.
Serve hot with raita.
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