Chicken biryani , the most preferred dish to celebrate the most important occasions of life (i.e., marriage, birthdays, get-togethers).
- Wash chicken pieces with cold water and drain well.
- In a bowl mix together ginger paste, garlic paste, red chili powder, and plain yogurt into a smooth paste.
- Marinate chicken pieces in this mixture and set aside for 30 minutes. Cook on low heat without adding any water to the chicken. When water dries up, remove from heat.
- In another pan, heat the vanaspati or clarified butter, add onions and fry until golden brown.
- To it, even add mint leaves, cardamom pods, and lemon juice. Mix and remove from heat.
- Boil rice in water in a large pot until rice is parboiled and drain. Grease the same pot, add half of the rice to it and then all of the chicken mixture on top of that and then the rest of the rice.
- Add food color mixture on rice. Place pot on a hot tawa or griddle and let cook on low heat for 15 minutes.
- Finally, remove from heat to fluff rice and serve it.