Ingredients:

• 1 cup – basmati Rice
• 5-6 tsp – oil
• 2 – chopped Onions
• 2 – chopped Tomatoes
• 1 – Bay Leaf
• 4 – Cardamoms
• 4 – Cloves
• 4 – Cinnamons
• 2 tsp – Curd
• 1/2 – Lime
• 10 leaves – Mint
• 250 g – Chicken
• 3 tsp – ginger-garlic paste
• salt to taste
• 50 g – Coriander leaves
• 1.5 tsp – Red Chilli powder
• 10 – roasted cashews

Method:

1. Make a dry powder of two cloves, cardamoms and cinnamons.
2. Heat oil in a vessel, add the remaining cloves, cinnamons, cardamoms and bay leaf and fry. Add the chopped onions and fry.
3. Add the dry powder and ginger-garlic paste.
4. Fry well and add the chopped tomatoes. Fry until the oil separates.
5. Add chilli powder, fry for a minute, then add curd, mint and coriander leaves and fry.
6. Add chicken and salt and cook for 5 minutes.
7. Add water. Once it boils, add lime juice and rice and cook on low flame for 10 minutes.
8. Garnish with roasted cashews.
9. Serve with onion raitha and chicken gravy.

Recipe courtesy of vinothkumar