Hyderabad Chicken Biriyani

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking Time:  30 to 40 mins

Ingredients: 
Basmati Rice – 1cup
Chicken – ½ kg
Onions – 4 
Tomatoes – 2
Oil
Salt
Coriander leaves
Curry leaves
Pudina leaves

To grind
Green chilies – 5/6
Ginger – 1 piece
Garlic – 5
Pepper – 4/5 corns
Cinnamon – 2
Cloves – 3
Cardamom – 1
Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp

Method:
1. In a cooker add oil, onions, salt and salute for 5 mins then add the grinded paste and salute till the raw smell goes. Now add the chicken and tomatoes close the lid of the cooker and cook allowing 2 whistles.
2. Take your electronic rice cooker add 2 cups of water, rice, the above gravy and chopped curry leaves, coriander leaves and pudina leaves and cook till done.
3. If you want to cook in the pressure cooker, cook the gravy till done and add 2 cups of water, rice and chopped curry leaves, coriander leaves and pudina leaves and cook allowing 3 whistles.

Tomato Chicken Gravy

Preparation time: 20 mins

Cooking Time:  30 mins

Ingredients:
Chicken – ½ kg
Onions – 2 (finely chopped)
Tomato – 4
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp
Kasuri Methi – 1 tbsp
Butter – 1tbsp
Fresh Cream – 1tbsp
Cashew nuts – 15 to 20
Oil – As required
Salt – As required

Whole spices  
Cinnamon – 4
Cloves – 4
Elachi – 2

Spice Powders
Turmeric powder – 1tsp 
Chili powder – 2 tbsp
Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
Garam Masala – 1tsp
Geera Powder – 1tsp

Method:
1. Boil water, add tomatoes, peal the skin and make fine paste.
2. Grind cashew into fine paste by adding little water
3. In a kadhai add oil, 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste and salute till golden brown, add tomato puree, salt  and salute for 5 mins. Then add half the quantity of all spice powders and salute. Next add cashew paste and cook till the oil comes out. Finally add kasuri methi and remove the gravy from flame and keep aside

4. Take a pan add butter, whole spices, onions, salt, ginger garlic paste and salute till golden brown. Now add the other half of all spice powders, chicken and mix well. Now close the lid of the pan and cook allowing 2 whistles.
5. Finally mix both the above gravies and cook in low flame for 5 mins. Switch of the flame garnish with fresh cream.

This gravy can be served with Roti, Chapati and Naan.