Hey all, hope you all are fine.

The word biryani is an emotion for all of us. Iam here to share u the recipe of delicious chennai style biryani.

Ingredients : 

Onion - 200 grams (3 medium size)

Cinnamon - 3

Cloves - 4

Cardamon - 3

Oil - 100 ml

Coriander - ¼ tspoon

Ginger - 50 grams (paste)

Garlic - 25 grams (paste)

Kashmir chilli powder - 1 table spoon

Mint - 1/4

Green chilli - 3 ( according to your taste)

Curd - 100 ml

Tomato - 200 gram ( 3 medium size

Salt - according to your taste

Water - 700 ml 

Chicken - ½ kg

Rice - ½ kg (basmathi rice or jeera rice)

Process :

Step 1 : Add oil.

Step 2 : Add onion, cinnamon, cloves, cardamon after the oil gets heat.

Step 3 : Fry onion untill it becomes golden brown.

Step 4 : Add coriander and ginger garlic paste and stir it well for 2 seconds in medium flame.

Step 5 : Add chilli powder and mint and stir it well for 2 seconds in medium flame.

Step 6 : Add green chilli and curd and stir it well for 2 seconds in medium flame.

Step 7 : Add tomato and salt and stir it well for 2 minutes in high flame.

Step 8 : Add water and keep the flame in high for 2 minutes untill it boils, after it starts boiling change the flame to low aand leave for 10 minutes.

Step 9 : Add the chicken, and stir it for 1 minute and cook for 5 minutes in low flame. Check the taste add salt if it is required.

Step 10 : Parallely take 1 ½ iters of water and boil it, add 1 table spoon of salt on it.

Step 11 : Put the rice in the boiling water and stir it continuously for 1 to 2 minutes.

Step 12 : Filter the rice once it is half cooked.

Step 13 : Add the rice to the masala.

Step 14 : Add the rice  filtered water if required till above rice level.

Step 15 : cook in medium flame for 2 mins and change to low flame and cook for 10 mins.

Step 16 : Once the rice is cooked well, u can serve the food.

Note : 

1. Water level should be a bit above the rice level.
2. Cut the onion into big pieces.

Follow these steps to eat a delicious biryani. 

Briyani has much calories in it, it will be a good source of calorie food if you have it in limit. And chicken has protein, so biryani is a pack of much calories and protein in it.