Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani

Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 40 min

Ingredients:

2 lbs Chicken
2 cups Basmathi Rice
1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste
1 pinch Turmeric
3-4 tbsp yoghurt
2 tbsp fried onions
4-6 cloves
1-2 small cinnamon sticks
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp lime juice
2-3 green chillies
1 tbsp red chilli powder
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp vegetable oil
15-20 cashews
3-4 bay leaves
Mint leaves
Corriander leaves
2 egg whites
Red food color

Method:

1. Soak rice in water for about 1 hour.
2. Cut chicken into medium sized pieces. Add mint leaves, green chillies, ginger garlic paste, corrainder leaves, cumin seeds, chilli powder, turmeric, salt, cumin powder, corriander powder, green cardamom, fried onions, cinnamon sticks, cloves, bay leaves, oil, butter, lime juice, egg white and yoghurt. Mix thoroughly and keep it aside for about 15 min.
3. Roast cashews in butter and keep aside.
   
4. Boil water in another container. Add salt to taste and oil to the water. Half cook the soaked rice in this boiling water.
5. Layer the chicken mix at the bottom of a deep dish. Cover this with a layer of half cooked rice. Add few corrainder leaves, mint leaves, roasted cashews and food color. Put another layer of rice.
6. Steam cook for about 5 minutes on high flame, 15 minutes on medium flame and 10 minutes on a low flame.
   
7. Serve hot.