chicken biriyani

marinate chicken pieces with a paste of curd, haldi, chili powder, garam masala, salt, biriyani powder and ginger garlic paste. keep it aside for 2hrs +

in cooker fry chopped onions, tomatoes, garam masala, salt, haldi, biriyani powder, ginger garlic paste, daal chini, chakke, lavanga which are crushed, chopped cashew &almond to form a good masala.

add a layer of soaked (rice for 10 - 15 min) put all pieces of marinated chicken, again add the remaining rice, sprinkle a few raisins and chopped coriander on top,

for basumati rice:1 add water :1.25 and keep cooker on medium flame fpr 15min/2whistles.

serve with curd raita- mix chopped onion, tomato and coriander and salt with curd.