Ingredients:

• Kabuli chana (chickpea) – 1 can
• Mozzarella Cheese – 1/2 pack
• Basmati Rice
• Green chilli – 1
• Salt
• 1″ – Ginger
• Tomato – 2
• 1 tbsp – Onion paste
• Onion 1/2 – cut in to small pieces
• 1/2 tsp – Jeera powder
• 1 tsp – chilli powder
• Garlic – 2 Cloves
• 3 tbsp – Oil & Ghee
• Bread – 2 slices
• Saffron soaked in milk- 1/2 cup
• 1 tsp Biryani Masala
• 2 tbsp – Milk Cream

Method:

1. Make a paste of kabuli chana, ginger, green chilli and salt.
2. Now add mozzarella cheese and two pieces of bread to the mixture and make dough.
3. Make small balls and bake it in oven at 350 degrees C for 30 min.
4. Heat a pan add oil, fry onions add tomato, jeera garlic ginger paste, chilli powder, turmeric powder and biriani masala.
5. Fry the masala then add water, bring it to boil. At the end add baked kabuli chana koftas, cook for another few min and put off the stove. Add cream to the kofta.
6. Prepare basmati rice separately.
7. Now in a baking dish grease it with ghee, add a few tej patta, spread one layer of rice, add one layer of kofta with gravy and then add another layer of rice.
8. At the top add saffron soaked in milk and then sprinkle ghee over the rice. Cover with an aluminium foil, put it in the oven at warm for half an hour.
9. Now the delicious kofta biryani is ready to attack.

Recipe courtesy of Seema Mandal