Chicken Biryani in Kerala Style

Ingredients for Chicken Biryani in Kerala Style:

1. Chicken – 2 kg

Chilli powder – 2 small spoons

Salt – as needed

2. Onion sliced thin – 1.5 kg

Ginger crushed – 100 gm

Garlic crushed – 50 gm

Green chillies split into two – 50 gm

3. Turmeric powder – 1 small spoon

Coriander leaves – 2 spigs

Mint leaves chopped – 2 stems

Tomato – 2

4. Garam masala powder – 50 gm

5. Coconut oil – ½ kg

For rice:

1. Basmati rice – 1 kg

2. Ghee – 250 gm

3. Pineapple cut into small pieces – ½ kg

4. Cashew nut – 100 gm

5. Raisins – 100 gm

Cut the chicken into 14 pieces and marinate using turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt.
After some time, fry them in hot oil and keep aside.
Add the ingredients listed 2 to the hot oil and sauté well.
Add chicken pieces to it along with the ingredients listed in 3 and mix well.
Sprinkle garam masala powder and take it off the flame.

Cook the biryani rice and drain the excess water.
Heat ghee and fry onions, cashews, and raisins one after another.
In the remaining ghee, add cooked rice and spread it on top of the chicken masala.
Add pineapple pieces, and if you need colour, you can add a little food colour.
Bake it for half an hour in an oven or using the traditional hearth method.

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