Chicken Biryani

Microwave cooking recipe

Ingredients

  • • 1 ½ cups basmati rice
  • • 4 pieces of chicken (2legs &2 thighs or 2legs& 2 breasts)
  • • 2 medium sized onions –sliced thinly
  • • 4 laung (cloves)
  • • 1” stick dalchini (cinnamon)
  • • 2 moti illaichi
  • • 3 tbsp pure ghee or oil
  • • 2 medium size tomatoes – chopped finely
  • • 2 tsp salt
  • • 1 tsp garam masala
  • • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • • 1 tsp garlic paste
  • • 1 tsp ginger paste
  • • 2½ cups water

Instructions

  1. Wash and soak the rice in water for 1 hour. In the dish, add ghee, moti illiachi, laung & dalchini . Micro high uncovered for 3 minutes. Add rice, chicken tomatoes, salt, garam masala, red chilies garlic & ginger paste .Mix well. Add rice, chicken, tomatoes, salt, garam masala, red chilies, garlic & ginger paste. Mix well. Add 2 ½ cups water. Mix. Micro high covered for 17 minutes. Let it stand for 4-5 minutes. Fluff it up with a fork to separate the grains of rice. Serve hot.
  2. Note: When you finish cooking , some water may still remain in the rice remain in the rice but it is absorbed during standing time as cooking process still continues for a while, even after rice is removed from the microwave.

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