Chicken Biryani (Low fat/without ghee/butter)

Ingredients:

1. Chicken

2. Ginger and garlic paste

3. Finely sliced onion and fried

4. Curd

5. Whole garam masala

6. Jaiyfhal and Jabetri

7. Basmati rice

8. Black pepper

9. Salt and sugar.

10. Biriyani Masala

11. Potato cubes

Process:

1. Boil water and add in bay leaf, cloves and cardomons , sugar and salt and add washed basmati rice. Boil the rice half done (half tender). Strain the rice along with the whole garam masala.

2. Cut chicken into medium size and add ginger garlic paste, black pepper, curd, salt , pinch of sugar, jaiyfhal and jabetri , handful of fried onion and pinch of biryani masala (optional).

3. Heat oil in a skillet and add in the chicken mixture and mix it together for some time and add the potato cubes. (half done)

4. Take a serving bowl and put rice evenly and then a layer of chicken gravy and again repeat the layer and also add on fried crispy onion and pinch of salt..

5. Preheat the oven at 400f and bake it for 40mins. Cover the serving bowl with a silver foil.

6. Serve hot with salad or curd.

Tips:

You can avoid the fried onion and add fresh raw onion paste along with the garlic ginger paste.

Biryani masala will enhance the aroma which can be used or avoided as per choice.

Oil usage is very less.