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Masalay dar Chicken Biryani
Recipe contributed by Mariam Syed (USA)

Ingredients

-  1/2 kg chicken
-  2 cup rice
-  3 tbsp dahi
-  1i tsp red chilli pdr.
-  1/2 tsp haldi
-  1 tsp dhania pdr
-  1/2 tsp black pepper pdr.
-  1 tsp garam masala pdr.
-  3-4 med. onion
- .2-3 tomatoes
- 1 tbsp ginger ,garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp zeera
- cinnnamon stick 1
- .6-7 whole black pepper
- 1-2 black cardamom
- 3-4 cloves
- 2-3 aloo bukhara
- 1/2 cup ,corriander
  mint,green chilli
- 2 drops of kewra
- 1 pinch zafran
- salt according to taste

 1.wash & soak rice for few hours
2.heat the pot,fry finely chopped onion till golden brown
3.add ginger ,garlic paste & zeera
4.add chickenand fry it constantly for 5 min.
5.add dhania ,haldi, salt,black pepper&red chilli pdr
6.add dahi and fry for 5 min.
7.now add tomatoes
8.add enough water till chicken is cooked & tender
9.now boil the rice with cinnamon stick,cloves,whole black pepper &black zeera
10.when chicken is cooked,add aloo bukhara ,mint, corriander,green chilli &garam
masala
11.stir the chicken for 5- 7 mins.
12.finally add kewra
13.soak the zafran in 2 tbsp of milk
14.now take a pot , place 1layer of rice than 1 layer of chicken
15.repeat till done
16.finally add zafran and fried onion
17.cover the vessel & cook 10 -15 on low flame