Ingredients

• 1.5 kg - chicken, cut into big pieces
• 2.5 cups - basmati rice
• 5 - onions
• 1 bundle - pudina
• 1 bundle - malli leaves
• 6-7 - cloves
• 1 - cinnamon
• 6-7 - biryani leaves
• 1 - small ginger
• 20 pieces - garlic
• 3 tbsp - ghee
• 3 tbsp - oil
• 13 - red chillies
• 3 - green chillies
• 1 cup - coconut milk
• salt to taste

How to Make Pudina flavored Chicken Biryani

• Fry some onions and chillies with garlic in ghee for 4 minutes. Allow it to cool.
• Fry the basmati rice in ghee for 1 minute and keep it aside.
• Grind the fried onions and chillies to a paste.
• Prepare ginger-garlic paste.
• Heat a pan and pour the remaining ghee and oil. Fry the cloves, cinnamon and biryani leaves.
• Add the remaining onions and fry again.
• Add the chicken pieces and fry for 4 minutes.
• Add pudina and malli leaves.
• After 4 minutes, add the ground onion paste and coconut milk.
• Allow it to fry for another 5 minutes.
• Add boiled water (almost double the amount of rice ).
• Allow the mixture to boil for a few minutes, then add turmeric powder and salt.
• Now add the rice. Close the lid and keep on medium flame. Add the whistle.
• Switch off the flame immediately after one whistle.
• When the pressure subsides, serve the biryani hot with raita.