Chicken Biryani With Brown Rice

chicken biryani with brown rice

Chicken biryani made with brown rice tastes just as good, try it.

Ingredients

Chicken,1 1/2 inch pieces        1 kg  with bone                 Brown rice soaked in water       2 cup for 3-4 hours         Cinnamon                                2 one inch sticks Cloves                                     6 pieces Green cardamom                     4 pieces Turmeric powder                      1/3 teaspoon Ginger chopped                       1 inch Garlic cloves                            6 Onion chopped                        1 medium Green chutney                         3 tablespoons Yogurt                                    1 small cup Garam masala powder             1/2 teaspoon for sprinkle Saffron                                    7-8 Milk                                        1/2 cup Fried onions(barista)                1 cup Pure ghee                               2 tablespoons Rose water                              few drops Kewra water                            3 drops Wheat flour (atta)                     dough Salt                                        to taste

Method
Boil water in a deep non-stick pan, add rice, cinnamon, cloves, green cardamoms, salt and cook. Soak saffron in milk.

Heat 2 table spoons oil in another non stick pan, put chicken, turmeric powder, salt and sauté. Grind onion, ginger, garlic and add to the chicken and mix. Put lid on pan and cook for 5 minutes.

Add green chutney and salt and mix well. Add yogurt and mix well, add garam masala powder and mix again. Add fried onions to chicken and mix well and cook till slightly dry.

When the rice is almost done strain it into a bowl. Add pure ghee to rice and mix. Now take a pan put ½rice then spread cooked chicken over the rice then again spread remaining rice over chicken layer. Now sprinkle saffron milk, rose water, kewra water. Put lid on the pan and seal with dough. Cook in low heat for 10 minutes. You can even keep the pan over a hot tawa and cook.

Serve hot.