Chicken Biryani

Ingredients

Chicken    :    1 kilo
Briyani rice    :    1 kilo
Onion    :    ¼ kilo
Coconut    :     ½
Green chilll    :    9
Curd    :    1 cup
Ghee    :     ½  kilo
Ginger    :    a big piece
Cloves        :    as needed
Cinnamon        :    as needed
Lime    :    1
Coriander leaves    :    ½ bunch
Salt    :    as needed

Method

Boil water, add salt and rice.
When rice is half cooked, remove from the stove and transfer it to a strainer.
Cut onion into thin slices.
Grind ginger and green chilli to a paste.
Grate coconut.
Grind it to a paste with coriander leaves.
Wash and clean chicken.
Heat oil in a frying pan.
Add cinnamon, curd, lime juice, coconut paste,salt, chicken and cook and set aside.
Heat ghee in a large vessel.
Add onion and fry.
Add chicken with masala.
Add ginger chilli paste and rice.
Stir well.
Cover the vessel with a lid.
Take boiling water in a vessel and keep it over the lid. (dhum)
Remove from the stove after a few minutes. 



Note: This recipe is taken from the book "Arusuvai Foods 60" by R Mala published by Manimekalai Persuram