Kozhikodan Biryani

 

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken legs (small pieces)
400 gm rice
600 ml water (the water is 1.5 times more than the quantity of rice)
6 green cardamoms
2 cinnamon sticks
3 bay leaves
3 javitri
10 gm fennel seeds
200 gm onion
80 gm tomatoes
20 gm green chilli
50 gm ginger
50 gm garlic
50 gm red chilli powder
50 gm coriander
30 gm mint
5 gm turmeric
Salt to taste
15 gm garam masala
60 ml oil
4 eggs, boiled
30 gm butter

Method:

Pour oil into the pot, add whole spices into it and stir a while.

Put crushed onions, julienne of green chillies and ginger.
Now add ginger & garlic paste, mint, coriander and stir.
Add turmeric, red chilli and fennel powder.
Now add pieces of chicken, chopped tomatoes, water and butter.
When chicken is almost cooked, add rice and salt.
Cover and simmer it for a while till done.
Cut each egg into four then garnish on the rice.