Quick And Easy Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani Recipe

Quick And Easy Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani Recipe :

Ingredients:

For Masala :

Chicken - 1 lb 
Onion - 2 nos
Shallots - 3 to 5 nos
Tomato - 2 nos 
Ginger paste - 2 tsp
Garlic paste - 2 tsp
Green chillies - 6 nos
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Kasmir red chilli powder - 1tsp
Biriyani masala - 1 tbsp
Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
Mintleaves (Pudhina) - 1/2 bunch
Coriander leaves - A bunch
Oil/Ghee 

For Rice:

Jeerakasala Rice - 2 cups
Water - 3 cups
Shallots - 2 nos(Thin sliced)
Cardamom- 2 nos
Cinnamon stick- 2 nos
Bay leaves- 1 no
Cloves-4 nos
Fennel seed - 10 nos
Black Cardamon-1 no
Nutmeg - 1 no
mace- 1 no

For garnish:

Fried Onion - 1 no (sliced finely)
Fried Cashew nuts and raisins- few
Mint leaves  - chopped
Coriander leaves  - chopped
Oil/Ghee 

Method of Preparation:

1 In a Bowl wash the rice well and Soak  for 20 mins and then drain.
2.Marinate chicken with turmeric,chili powder and salt keep it aside in 10 mints.

3.In a pressure cooker heat oil/ ghee, add all the Whole masalas (For rice) and ginger garlic paste, green chilies,saute until for a minute.

4.Add the onions, saute until onion turns transparent.

5.Then add tomatoes,  masalas  combined well and saute until mushy , Add chicken pieces and cook for 10 minutes.

6.On top of this, spread the rice and add about 3 cups of water.Add lemon juice and combine well add enough salt.

7.Cover and cook with the weight on, until 1 whistle.
8.Now open the pressure cooker  and gently fluff rice with a fork. garnish with fried onions,raisins and chopped mint and coriander leaves.

9. Transfer the rice to a wide tray and gently spread to cool.
       Serve with raitha and  Pickle ...And Enjoy!!!