Chettinaadu_Chicken_Briyani

Ingredients:
Chicken - 2 lbs (Leg peices)
Basmati Rice - 2 1/2 cups
Coconut milk - 3/4 cup (Mukkaal Cup)
Water - 3 cup
Sliced onion (Neela vaakil) - 3 to 4 big size
Tomatoes - 2 (Paluththathu)
Green chilli - 2 nos (keeri vidavum)
G & G Paste - 2 tbsp
Curd - 1/2 cup
Red Chilli powder - 5 tbsp
Cashewnuts - 8 no
Aniseed (Sombu) - 1 tsp
Bay leaf - 2 no
Cardamom - 4 no
Cinnamon - 2 no
Cloves - 2 no
Star anise (Annachi mokku) - 3 no
Ghee - 3 tbsp
Salt - to taste
oil - to fry
Coriander and Mint leaves - 1/4 cup
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp

Method:
* Wash the rice well and Soak it 30 min in water.
* Wash chicken and add half of the Red Chilli powder,Half of the Curd and Soak for 2 hours.
* Heat 2 tbsp of Ghee and oil in a rice cooker pan, add the ani seed,cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, Bay leaves, Annachi mokku and after roasting a little add sliced onion and Green chilli.
* Then add Cashewnuts and fry it for a while.
* Add G & G paste and fry it until raw small is gone.
* Then add Tomatoes and fry it well.
* Then add Red Chilli powder,salt, curd,Coriander and mint leaves, fry it until raw small is gone.or fry it for 5 min.
* Then add Soaked Chiken and fry it for 10 to 15 min.
* Then add coconut milk and water, Salt (Take it away from the stove and place it in to electric cooker).
* Let it boil the water and then dry the water from rice and add it.
* Once the rice cooked it will change to warm mode.
* Add Mint leaves and Garam masala on top of the briyani.
* Keep it warm mode for 10 min.
* Then serve it with salad.


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