Quick Chicken Biryani

Ingredients

1/2 kg chicken cut into med size pieces

1 cup basmati rice

1/2 cup hung curds

2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

1/2 tsp chilli powder

6 slit green chillies

2 onions sliced

2 tbsp mint leaves

2 tbsp coriander leaves

2 tbsp ghee

2 green cardamom

4 cloves

1 ' cinnamon

2 tsp poppy seeds

salt to taste

Method

• Wash and soak the rice for 10 min, drain and keep aside
• Take a bowl add chicken,curds,salt,chilli powder,ginger-garlic paste and marinate for 2 hours
• Make a powder of cardamom,cloves,cinnamon and poppy seeds in a grinder and keep aside.
• Heat ghee in a kadai, fry onions till brown and crisp,then add green chillies and fry for a min
• Add the marinated chicken and fry till all the liquid is absorbed, add the powdered ingredients and mix it well
• Then add mint and coriander leaves and fry for a minute
• Add the rice,salt and mix it well 
• Add 2 cups of water and cook till done
• Garnish with fried onion and Serve hot with raitha