hara masala chicken biryani

cooking time : 20 minutes
preparation time : 15 minutes
serve: 5-6

ingredients :

skin less chicken                          1 kg ( 10 pieces )
salt to taste 
biryani boil rice                           2 cups 
ginger garlic paste                        1 tbsp 
yogurt                                      1 cup 
mint leaf                                          1 cup 
milk  ( pinch of saffron dissolved )             1 cup 
crushed black pepper                            1 tsp
onion                                              3 finely chopped 
fried onion                                1 cup 
lemon  juice                                6 to 9 tbsp 
clarified butter                               1 cup 
small cardamom                             4 
green chillies sliced                    10 



method :  

• in a pan melt 1 cup of clarified butter .add chopped onion and sauté till it get nice golden color . then add marinated chicken and sauté till it get nice golden color . add chopped green chillies and 1/2 of mint and coriander leaf . cover and cook for 7 to 8 minutes . 

• in a heavy bottom pan put 1/2 of rice and flatten it . then put cooked chicken over it with its gravy .  spread 1/2 f fried onion , left of mint and coriander leaf , left of green chillies . 

• then put layer of left over rice . pour saffron dissolved milk evenly .and pour lemon juice  put 1 tbsp clarified butter and cover and cook on high flame for 5 minutes then on slow flame for 10 minutes . 

• remove in a platter and serve with raita .