Ingredients:

Chicken drumsticks – 10 nos(skinless)

Basmati rice – 5 cups

Hot Water – 10 cups

Onion – 1 ½(diced)

Tomato – 4 nos(diced)

Green chilly – 5 nos(halved)

Ground ginger – 1 tbsp

Ground garlic – 1 tbsp

Mint leaves

Cilantro(chopped)

Ground cinnamon, cloves, cardamom – ½ tsp each (or) 3 cinnamon sticks, 6 whole cloves and 6 whole cardamoms.

Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

Chilly powder – 1 tsp

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Salt

Oil

Preparation:

Warm the oil and add the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Now add the mint and cilantro. Stir in the onion and green chilly and cook it well. Add the ginger, garlic, tomatoes, turmeric powder, chilly powder and cook it for 2 mins. To it add the chicken and little salt and cook it for another 5 mins. Pour in the hot water and add salt. Add the rice to the boiling water and cook it through. Add the lemon juice in the last minute of cooking.

Note: Add 9 cups of water first and if it needs more water add one more cup

          of boiling water, that way you can avoid overcooked rice.

   Tip: You can add a tbsp of butter with the oil to increase the richness of the

          biryani.