Chicken - 2 lbs Onion - 1 small chopped Green chillies - 6 Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder Yogurt - 3 tbsp Salt Oil - 4 tbsp Tomato - 1 (optional) chopped
for wet masala:
Onion - 1 small dry Coconut powder - 3 tbsp Poppy seeds powder - 2 tsp Corriander powder - 1 tsp Cumin powder - half tsp Garam masala - 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste - 2 tsp fresh Corriander - few .... add all these above ingredients in the blender and make a fine paste.
Heat 4 tbsp oil in a large pan, add chopped onion and fry till golden brown. Now add turmeric powder, slit green chillies and the wet masala. Fry till it leaves oil stirring now and then. Add chicken pieces, red chilli powder, yogurt and salt. Adjust the gravy consistency by adding sufficient amount of water. When it starts cooking can even add chopped tomato pieces. Cook on a medium flame for about 20-25 minutes.
Serve with biryani, steamed rice, jeera rice, fried rice or even parathas, naan and pulkas.
while cooking, I found the masala was little bit more, but felt lazy to take it out in a separate bowl and poured it into the pan, lastly the result: gravy was too much. The second day to compensate my curry, I half-cooked 2 cups of basmati rice with salt, cloves, cinnamon and few drops of oil in it. Then drained the rice. Took a heavy bottom vessel, arranged a layer of my left over chicken curry, then the rice, toped with fried onions, then second layer of curry, rice and onions. Lastly, added saffron dipped in warm milk and 2 tsps of butter on top. Cook it covered on a low-medium flame for 10-15 minutes. Can even do this procedure in a microwave, Enjoy with Raita. felt that was a nice substitute and a easy way of preparing Chicken Biryani, not the real one indeed.