Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients :

Chicken pieces without skin - 500gm Basmati rice - 250gm Oil - 100ml Water - 700ml Green Cardamom - 3 Brown Cardamom - 1 Cloves - 3

Cinnamon - 1inch stick Bay leaf - 1 Ginger paste - 15gm Garlic paste - 10gm Red Chilly powder - 1/2tsp Saffron - a pinch

For garnish :

• Green Coriander chopped - 10gm

Method :

Cooking Time : 29 min.

Wash rice and drain. Soak it for 20 minutes.

Wash chicken pieces. Put chicken in Cutting Edge Cook 'N' Serve and add 700ml water, oil and all spices except saffron, salt, ginger and garlic paste and microwave on High for 10 minutes. Remove chicken and strain the stock.

Arrange chicken in a dish and place rice on top. Pour 500ml stock (if stock is less than 500ml, add milk). Add salt. Cover and microwave for 9 minutes.

Dissolve saffron in a teaspoon of warm milk, add to rice and microwave for 10 minutes on high or till cooked.

Garnish with chopped green coriander.