Vaniyambadi Chicken biryani

Ingredients:

• Chicken - 500 gms
• Basmathi Rice - 2 Cups
• Onion - 2
  
• Tomato - 2
• Green Chilly - 3
• Curd - 3 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
• Cloves- 4
• Cinnamon - 2 - 3 pieces
• Cardamom - 4
• 
  Bay leaf - 2
• Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Lemon - 1
• Salt to taste
• Water - 4 cups
• Oil
• Food colour optional . Saffron soaked in water

Method:

• Marinate chicken with curd, lemon, ginger garlic paste and little salt.


• In a Cooker , add oil , temper all the spices.
• Add green chillies, onion together and fry it till brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste. Then tomatoes. Stir well.
• Add Chilly powder.
• Later on add the marinated chicken stir it for about 10 mins.
• Add salt and rice.
• Keep for three whistles.
• Add food colour / saffron, Stir well
• Garnish with Coriander leaves.