Preparation:

Using Blender:

• Blend 1 cup of shallots into a fine paste.
• Blend coriander and mint leave with little water into a fine paste.
• Blend the tomato into a fine paste.
• Blend the soaked cashews into a fine paste.

Method:

• Heat a pan with 4 tbsp of coconut oil, 3 tbsp of ghee, 2 – 2inch of cinnamon, 2 cardamoms,4 cloves, 1-star anise, saute it.
• Add chopped onion, 5 green chilies, salt and cook well till onion turns golden brown color. (it is crucial)
• Then, Add 2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste sauté well until raw smell goes away.
• Add Coriander and mint leaf paste, tomato paste, onion paste, cashew paste and sauté well for a few more mins until the raw smell goes away.
• Then, add 2 tbsp Grounded Briyani masala powder and 1 tsp of chili powder, 2 Bay leaf, few- stone flower, sauté well on low flame.
• Add the ½ kg chicken, salt to taste,2 tbsp curd, ½ lemon juice, mix and cook well.
• Then, Add the 4 cups of water, mix and cook well until froth forms. Check for salt and add it.
• Now, Add Seeraga samba rice and cook for 15 min on low flame by covering with a lid.
• Cook until the rice is 80% cooked, and all the water gets absorbed. Turn off the flame.
• cover the pan with the lid and place a pan with hot water on the top of the lid and leave it for 15 min. Let the biriyani gets to cook in dum. After 20 mins open the lid, gently fluff the biriyani with a spoon, spread 1tsp of ghee, and garnish it with coriander leaves
• Serve the Tasty Dindigul Thalapakatti Chicken Biriyani with onion raitha !!!!
• You can have along with Mutton kola, Mutton chukka, Chicken 65, Mutton semi gravy, Mutton liver fry. check the recipe link!!!