This home made chicken biryani is for 4 to 5 persons.. Wash 2 and 1/2 big wati Basmati rice and keep aside for 15 to 20 minutes. then marinate chicken pieces and 1 potato cut in to big pieces with little salt ..,little chilli powder, 2-3tabsp shaan biryani masala or 1/4 tsp garam masala. Grind 6-7 garlic, 2inch ginger, dhania leaves 2 handfulls, 1 hand full pudina leaves. Add this in ,add at least 1cup dahi. Marinate chicken atleast for 20 minutes or more. Take water in big vessel, add small dalchini piece, 4-5 lavanga, 4elaichi, 2 tamalpatra, little salt,.boil it..add rice in it ..cook for few minutes till rice is only half done...it should not cook more.just till it fully becomes long & when pressed it should be raw from inside..then strain it & keep aside. Fry long cut 3 onions in more oil till properly brown and keep aside. Take oil in cooker add 1onion finely chopped, fry for 3 minutes. Add 1 tomato finely chopped..fry till soft. Add shaan 2 tabsp.biry...
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