Ingredients
The following ingredients have 3 Servings
- 2 cups basmati rice ((read notes in the post))
- 3½ cups hot water ((adjust to suit the rice))
- 4 tablespoons oil ( or ghee)
- 1 onion (large , sliced very thinly or pureed)
- 1 to 4 hot green chili ( slit )
- 1 medium tomato ((optional, deseeded & chopped))
- 1 ½ to 2 teaspoons ginger garlic paste
- ¼ cup mint ( / pudina leaves chopped fine)
- ¼ cup coriander leaves ( chopped fine)
- ½ teaspoon salt ((adjust to taste))
- 4 green cardamoms
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon Pepper corn
- 5 cloves
- 2 inch cinnamon stick
- ½ to 1 teaspoon fennel seeds ( / saunf)
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 green cardamom
- 4 cloves
- 2 inch cinnamon stick
- ¼ pepper corn ((optional))
- ⅛ nutmeg (small , (optional) or 2 generous pinches powdered)
- 1 strand mace (or generous pinch powdered)
- 1 to 2 star anise
- ½ kg bone-in chicken ((cut to 2 inch pieces, 1.1 Lbs.))
- ½ cup yogurt ( or tomatoes (refer notes, how to use tomato))
- 1½ teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- ⅛ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder ((do not increase, add more chilies if you want spicy))
- ½ teaspoon salt