CHICKEN BIRIYANI IS A FOREIGN MEAL

      LEARN HOW TO PREPARE CHICKEN BIRIYANI(FOREIGN MEAL)

      First what is chicken BIRIYANI? A Chicken Biryani  is a highly aromatic and well-seasoned one-pot dish originallyfrom India that has a perfect balance of chicken meat, rice

and veggies that’s going to excite and linger on your taste buds.

      INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 500g chicken thigh fillets, trimmed, quartered
• 1 medium brown onion, halved, thinly sliced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2cm piece ginger, peeled, finely grated
• 1/3 cup balti curry paste
• 1 1/2 cups Basmati rice
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 cups Massel chicken style liquid stock
• 1 cup thick plain yoghurt
• 1 Lebanese cucumber, deseeded, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• Toasted flaked almonds, to serve
• Fresh coriander leaves, to serve
• Select all ingredients.

   METHOD

   Step 1

  Heat oil in a heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat cook chicken, turning, for 5

minutes or until browned transfer to a plate cook onion, garlic and ginger for 2 to 3 minutes

or until onion has softened add curry paste, cook for 1 minute or until fragrant add rice.

stir to coat.

    Step 2

Add cinnamon, stock and 1 cup cold water. Bring to the boil. Return chicken to pan. Reduce

heat to low and cover cook for 20 minutes or until rice is tender and chicken cooked

through remove cinnamon discard.

Step 3

Combine yoghurt, cucumber and cumin in a bowl sprinkle biriyani with almonds and

coriander serve with yoghurt mixture.