Dum Biryani/Katche Gosht Ki Biryani

Ingredients;

1kg chicken medium pieces

1 cup yogurt (dahi)

3 cups basmati rice

1 tbsp mace and nutmeg powder (jaifal javitri powder)

 1 tbsp cardamom powder ( choti ilechi powder)

 1 tbsp salt

1 tbsp white vinegar (sirka)

 1 tbsp rose water (araq.e.gulab)

1/2 tbsp red chilli powder

1/2 tbsp coriander powder (dhania powder)

1/2 tbsp cumin seeds (zeera)

1/2 tsp kewra water

6-7 green chillies

1/2 bunch mint (pudina)

1/4 bunch dhania (green coriander)

1/4 tsp yellow food color

2 tbsp milk

1/2 cup oil

2 onion sliced

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

Procedure;

• In pan add oil and  sliced onion and frey them until dark brown in color
• Stir constantly to avid burning and darkening of onion.
• Remove them from oil and spread over paper towel to become crispy
• In large bowl add yogurt , 1/2 tbsp salt, red chilli powder, coriander powder, mace nutmeg powder, cumin seeds, white vinegar,  rose water, cardamom powder, 3-4 chopped green chillies, ginger garlic paste some coriander and mint leaves and half browned onions
• Add chicken to the mixture and leave it to marinade for 2-3 hours
• Soak rice for 20 minutes in water and in another pan boil water separately
• Add salt to boiling water and also add soaked rice
• Cook them until half cooked, to check this take out a grain of rice and see if the grain is still half opaque and half transparent in color than remove them from heat and drain out water
• Add the same oil to rice which we have used before for frying the onions
•  Preheat oven over 375 'F or 190'C or grade mark 5
• Now we have to make layers of all the ingredients
• In large pot first spread little amount of marinated chicken and over it the boiled rice and spread over the surface
• Now over the rice layer sprinkle pinch of cardamom powder, mace and nutmeg powder, mint leaves, coriander leaves, chopped green chillies, and brown onion
• Add other portion of chicken and spread rice over it and again layer the dry ingredients
• It depends on the  quantity of material that how many layers you can make but on the upper most layer you should always layer dry ingredients like mint cardamom powder etc
• In bowl mix milk, kewra water, food color and pour it drop by drop at few places over the surface
• Mix flour in water and make a thick and hard mixture to seal the lid.You can also use foil but flour sealing is best for this recipie
• Place it in oven for 35-45 minutes
• Break the flour seal and mix the rice from all sides but with slow hands.
• Serve with mint yogurt sauce or pudina chatni