Village-Style Chicken Biryani

Recipe Ingredients:

750 gm chicken

3 cups basmati rice

4 1/2 cups water

4 cardamom pods

4 cloves

4 star anise

2 cinnamon sticks 

1 tbsp cumin seeds

1 onion, finely sliced

1 tomato, chopped 

4 green chillies, slit length wise

1/2 cup chopped mint

1/2 cup chopped coriander

2 tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 tbsp turmeric powder

1 tbsp red chilli powder

1 juice of lime

8 tbsp oil

2 tbsp salt

How to Prepare:

In a big vessel add oil, when hot add cumin seeds, cardamom pods, cloves, star anise, cinnamon sticks and cook for few seconds, now add chopped onions, green chillies, ginger garlic paste and tomato's, allow to sweat, add turmeric powder, salt, ginger garlic paste, chopped mint, chopped coriander, and chicken, mix well untill well combined. Cover and cook untill chickens turns slightly brown in color or cooked.

Wash rice in several changes of cold water untill the water runs clear. Add washed rice to the chicken mixture add water, lime juice, red chilli powder, mix well untill well combined and allow to cook on medium-high flame , once when the rice is cooked remove from heat and leave it for few minutes. Serve hot.