Nothing beats a warm fresh pot of chicken breyani during winter. Here is our quick and easy breyani recipe. Enjoy! Don’t forget to share your pictures of your breyani on our Facebook page (Click here).

Ingredients:

• 2.5 cups rice
• 1/2 cup drained lentils – parboiled with turmeric powder with salt to taste
• 4 fried potatoes
• 1.5 gr chicken
• 1 large onion
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 3 bay leaves
• 3 star anise
• 3 cloves
• 3 elaichi/ cardamom
• 2 grated tomatoes
• 2 stem curry leaves
• 2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
• 1 tsp dry thyme
• 1 tsp jeera/cumin powder
• 1 tsp dhania/coriander powder
• 1 tsp soomph/fennel powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 3 heaped tbsp masala
• Salt to taste

Instructions:

In a pot add oil and fry onions with whole spices till golden brown. Add tomatoes and the rest of the spices. Braise for a minute then add the chicken salt to taste and cook 10 minutes. Add a handful of chopped dhania. Add the rice and stir cook on medium to low heat for another 20 minutes adding very little water while cooking. Add the fried potatoes.