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        	  | Occasion: Any |  | Total servings: 5 |  
		    | Cuisine: Pakistani |  | Calories: low |  
		    | Effort: Easy |  | Pre-Prep time: |  
		    | Best for: All |  | Preperation time: depends on method |  
		    | How to serve: Hot |  |  |  Easy Chicken Biryani recipe by Tracey at DesiRecipes.com.
 Small pieces of chicken in a creamy, spicy blend of onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric and tomatoes.
 
 
 
   1lb chicken  parts, cut in small pieces 2 tbsp garlic
  paste 2" piece chopped ginger
   32 oz. basmati rice
 16 oz water
 2 tsp red chili powder
 1 tsp tumeric
 1.5 tsp zeera
   2 large chopped onions
 5 each cloves
 small grn illaichi
   1/2 cinnamon
  stick 1 20 oz. can chopped tomatoes
 
 
    Put chicken  in pressure cooker with 2 cups water and cook for 10 minutes. In a fry pan, add onions and oil to coat and all spices and fry till very aromatic and until the oil separates.
 Add tomatoes and cook until oil separates again.
 When chicken
  is done, remove and save the broth. Fry the chicken
  in the tomatoe mixture for 5 minutes until it is very dry. Meanwhile, rinse rice and grease a crock pot with butter.
 Add the drained rice to the crock pot and put the chicken
  mixture on top of the rice. Measure the broth and add enough water to egual 28 oz of fluid.  add to rice and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
 If you do not have a crock pot, par boil the rice for 5 minutes, drain.
 Grease with butter a casserole dish and layer the rice and chicken
  mixture and end with the chicken  mixture on top. Add 4 oz water and cover and bake for 25 minutes.  check for doneness.
 
 
       
 Link to this recipe: http://www.desirecipes.com/recipe/Easy-Chicken-Biryani
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