How to Make Homemade Classic Chicken Biryani

1. Wash basmati rice and soak it in water for about 20 minutes. Add 3L of water in a vessel and boil it. Once it starts to boil, add 1 tsp of cooking oil and salt. Now, add the soaked rice into it & cook it for three to five minutes.

2. Take a deep bottomed pan, add oil, and heat it on medium flame. Add a sliced onion and fry it until it becomes brown in color. Keep it aside for later use. Now, clean and properly wash the chicken. Marinate it with turmeric powder, salt, red chilli powder, and curd. You should marinate the chicken for at least thirty minutes.

3. Take a large pan and heat it on medium flame with oil. Add sliced onions and saute it until they become translucent. Once they become translucent, add ginger-garlic paste and continue to saute it. Add the green chillies and thoroughly mix the ingredients and then add chopped tomatoes to it. Saute until the tomatoes become a bit mushy.

4. Now, add salt, coriander powder, and red chilli powder & then to saute it for about 2 minutes. Add coriander and mint leaves into it. Check for excess water once the chicken is cooked. If there is excess water, thicken the masala by increasing the flame.

5. Add ghee into a vessel and spread it thoroughly to coat the sides and bottoms of the vessel. Put on low flame and then add 2 teaspoon of chicken biryani masala and spread it. Add the cooked basmati rice over the biryani masala and cover the chicken by spreading the rice. Put it on dum for 10 minutes.