Chicken Briani My Style

Chicken Briani My Style
Ingredients
2 cups Basmati Rice (washed and drained)
500gm chicken cut into medium size
1/2 cup shallots sliced thinly
3 tbs ginger paste
2 tbs garlic paste
2 cinnamon stick
5 cardamon pots lightly crushed
5 cloves
3 star anise
1 dry bay leaf
1tbs cumin powder leveled
1 tbs fennel seed powder leveled
1 tbs corriender seed powder leveled
1 tbs chili powder leveled
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp yellow colouring
5 stalks cilanto
1/2 cup cashewnut lightly roasted (garnishing)
6 cups of water if using rice cooker/ 3 cups water is using pressure cooker.

Method of cooking
1. Heat wok, pour in ghee .
2. When ghee is hot put in the spices cinnamon stick, cardamon and star anise saute till they start to pop.
3. Now add shallots, garlic and ginger paste stir until fragrant.
4. Once you can smell the aroma add Chicken and all the powdered spices and bay leaf.
5. Saute for about 5 min to 10 min until the oil is sepateted from the paste.
6. Add colour and salt stir well.
7. Put all the rice into the wok and stir for about 5min till all the rice is well coated with the masala.
8. Pour 5 1/2 cups of water into a rice cooker and add the rice in the cooker.
9. It will take about 20 mins for the rice cooker to cook this, it will off automatically.
10. Leave it to rest for about 10 -15 min before serving.
11. Garnish with roasted cashewnut and chopped cilantro.