Chicken Biryani and rice recipe
Ingredients
1kg chicken
500 natural yogurt
2 tubes tomato paste
Four cloves garlic crushes
1tsp ginger crushes
½tsp cumin seeds
One raw pawpaw (optional)
1tsp pilau masala or biryani masala
5tbsp cooking oil
½tsp black pepper whole
Salt
4onions chopped in a circular shape
In a bowl, mix your chicken, salt to taste, natural yogurt,ginger, garlic, and grate in the white part of your pawpaw.
Give a good mix and let it sit in a fridge for 1-2hrs for marination.
In a pan, heat the oil
Put in the onions
Fry the onions till they brown then set aside
Now, take your chicken marinade
Put in a cooking pot and cook it on medium heat until the chicken softens.
Add in your tomato paste and stir till mixture changes color to red-orange.
Now add in your biryani or pilau masala, black pepper, and cumin seeds. increase the heat a bit as you
Stir well for five minutes
Now add in the onions you had set aside.
Mix well.
At this step, you can listen to some nice soothing songs, it is not easy to make a good meal, and it comes out perfectly, remember that cooking is an art. You can dance a bit to the tune so long as you do not jump into the pot. A good meal is worth celebrating.
Now take the oil you used to fry your onions.mix with the meat, stir for two minutes, and your food is ready.
For your rice,
Heat oil in a pan.add in two bay leaves, two cinnamon sticks and stir
Now add in your rice and salt.
Mix well.
Add two cups of water and stir.
Lower heat and cover
When the rice is about to dry up, mix ½ tap golden yellow food color and 2tbsp of water
Mix well and pour in the rice in a cross shape
Put off the fire after a minute and let the rice sit for five minutes.
Using a fork, mix the rice in that half is white half is yellow.
Serve your food.