THALAPAKATU CHICKEN BIRIYANI....

Ingredients:

• Basmati Rice/Jeeraka Samba rice - 250gram(1.5cup)
• Chicken- 500grams
• Chopped Onion - 2 big size
• Tomatoes - 2 medium size
• Green Chilli- 5 nos
• Chopped Ginger - 2 tsp
• Garlic- 6piece
• Min Leaves(Pudhina)- 1 hand full
• Chilli Powder - 1tsp
• Coriander powder- 2tsp
• Small Onion - 6piece
• Cardamom (Ezaikaai)- 3tsp
• Cinamen sticks - 2 piece
• Cloves(Kraambu) - 3nos
• Biriyani masala- half tsp (Optional)
• Lemon juice-5tsp

For Seasoning:

• Oil- 3tsp
• Cooking butter or Ghee- 3tsp
• Brinji leaf - 3 piece

For Grinding :

• Add Cardamom, Cinamen sticks,Cloves together and grind it to fine powder.
• Add ginger, garlic and small onion in to the above powder and add little bit of water and grind it to make a paste.
• Grind mint leaves separately  and make it as a paste.
  

Preparation Method :

• Place a  heavy bottom Pan in the stove, add oil,cooking butter and brinji leaves in the above mentioned quantity.
• Put all the chopped onion in to it and saute well till onion turn golden brown color.
• Add tomatoes , chilli and pudina in to it and stirr well for 6-8mins
  
• Add grinded cardamom paste and pudina paste in to it and still well for another 5 mins.
  
  
  
  
• Add chilli, coriander powder in to it and then add chicken and mix it well.
  
• Add salt to required amount.
• Place a cooker in the stove and transfer this mix in to the cooker 
• take half lemon and squeeze the juice in to it. 
• Add 1.5 cups of rice & 3 cups of water and allow it to boil
• Now place the lid and wait for 2 whistles.
• Off the stove and wait till the pressure goes off.
• Open the lid and add the fried cashews in it and mix it gently,
• Here is the Thalapakattu Briyani ready.
• Serve it with Onion Raitha...