Bombay Chicken Biriyani

Bombay biriyani is an easy and flavorful rice preparation. Unlike other biriyani recipes; not much spices are used for making this. Fried potatoes are also a main attraction of this lovely biriyani.
Ingredients:

1. Chicken-1 kg
2. Potato- 1/4 kg
3. Onion-4 nos
4. Tomato-4 nos
5. Ginger garlic paste-2 tbsp
6. Green chilly slit-3 nos
7. Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
8. Chilly powder-2 tbsp
9. Coriander powder-2 tbsp
10. Thick curd-1 cup
11. Lemon juice-1 tbsp
12. Salt-to taste
13. Chopped coriander leaves-1/4 cup
14. Chopped mint leaves-1/4 cup
15. Oil-for frying
16. Kewra water-1 tsp

For Cooking Rice:

1. Basmati rice-1 kg
2. Cardamom-4 nos
3. Clove-4 nos
4. Cinnamon-a small stick
5. Bay leaf-1
6. Pepper cons-few
7. Salt-to taste

Preparation:

• Wash and soak the basmati rice in water for 30 minutes.
• Boil enough water for cooking rice by adding salt and whole spices.
• Add rice and cooks until 3/4 th cooked.
• Drain it and keep aside.
• Peel and cut the potatoes in to large pieces (same as the chicken pieces) Boil potatoes in salted water for five minutes.
• Drain it well and deep fry in hot oil until nice golden in color. Keep it aside.
• Cut the chicken in to medium small pieces.
• Thinly slice the onions and fry it in hot oil until nicely golden and crisp (don't fry until brown; then it tastes bitter).
• Marinate the chicken pieces with ingredients from 5-12.
• Also add half of mint leaves, coriander leaves chopped  and half of  fried onions.
• Mix well and rest in fridge for one hour.
• Add a tablespoon of ghee in a pan; add chopped tomatoes and saute until mashed well.
• Add marinated chicken pieces and cover cooks for few minutes until cooked half done.
• Above this half cooked chicken masala; spread basmati rice. Top it with remaining fried onions, 1 tbsp of oil, kewra water, mint and coriander leaves.
• Cover the pan (without escaping any steam); slow cook it or do the dum process for about 45 minutes.
• After that open the lid, add fried potato pieces and give a good mix.
• Serve hot in accompany with raitha and pickle.