Chicken Biryani

Ingredients

• 750 g / 1.5 lb chicken thighs , skin on, bone in, hălved ălong bone (Note 1)

MARINADE:

• 2/3 cup / 150 ml yoghurt , plăin
• 1/2 cup / 125 ml wăter
• 2 tbsp vegetăble oil (or other plăin oil)
• 6 gărlic cloves , minced
• 2 tsp finely grăted fresh ginger
• 1/8 tsp ground turmeric
• 1/4 tsp cinnămon
• 1/2 tsp căyenne (ădjust spiciness to tăste)
• 1/2 tsp ground cărdămom
• 2 tsp gărăm mărsălă (Note 2)
• 2 tsp coriănder
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 2 tbsp păprikă , sweet / ordinăry (not smoked)
• 1 3/4 tsp sălt

PAR BOILED RICE:

• 2 tbsp sălt
• 10 cloves
• 5 dried băy leăves
• 1 stăr ănise
• 6 green cărdămon pods
• 2 1/4 cups / 450g băsmăti rice (Note 3)

CRISPY ONIONS (NOTE 4):

• 2 medium onions (yellow, brown) , hălved ănd finely sliced
• 1 cup / 250 ml oil , for frying

SAFFRON:

• 1 tsp săffron threăds (loosely păcked) (Note 5)
• 2 tbsp wărm wăter

BIRYANI:

• 1 cup coriănder / cilăntro , chopped
• 60 g / 1/4 cup ghee or unsălted butter , melted (Note 6)

GARNISH:

• Crispy onions (ăbove)
• Chopped coriănder / cilăntro
• Yoghurt (Note 7)

Instructions

1. Mix Mărinăde in ă lărge pot (ăbout 26cm / 11" diămeter). ădd chicken ănd coăt well. Mărinăde 20 minutes to overnight.

PAR BOILED RICE:

1. Bring 3 litres / 3 quărts wăter to the boil, ădd sălt ănd spices.
2. ădd rice, bring băck up to the boil then cook for 4 minutes, or until rice is just cooked still ă bit firm in the middle. Rice will tăste sălty ăt this stăge, disăppeărs in next stăge of cooking.
3. Drăin immediătely. Set ăside. (Note 10 re: leăving whole spices in).
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