It was August 8, 2011. Had invited few of our friends for house party. I remember being scared and tensed before cooking the dish. I had taken the recipe from my best friend's husband,thank you Deepak bhai for the recipe J
1st I got all the ingredients ready and cleaned. Then I was ready to cook and amaze :-P. It took me sometime and patience to cook as per the recipe. Of course my darling husband was there to help me. Before the guest would come I wanted to complete cooking.
All we needed is chicken, basmati rice, onion, ghee, salt, vinegar, lemon, mint leaves, biryani masala and other spices.
1st I start by marinating the chicken with lemon, ghee, mixture of mint leaves and green chilies, mixture of spices, biryani masala and salt to taste and left it to marinate for around 20-30 minutes.
Then I heat ghee in a pan and put the marinated chicken. Cook it for sometime until the chicken were done for about 90%. In between cook rice till it is 60-70% cooked. Once rice is done drain the water and mix lemon and salt. After that, in a different pan make a layer of chicken and rice.I also added food color mixed with milk to the rice in cylindrical way for looks :-p. After that covered the pan properly so that air doesn't come out. Kept the flame on low. Left it for 10-15 minutes. After that uncovered the pan and put golden friend onions on top of it. When I served the biryani with curd and onion raita, my friends were actually shocked and amazed that me(who didn't have a idea of cooking before marriage) could produce this yummy food.
I was very satisfied with what I had made, and this was the time which motivated me to cooking different style, and of course eating them J
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