Beriani

Ingredients

• 1 chicken, about 900gms ( beef/mutton )
• 1 tbsp poppy seeds
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 cup shallots - sliced
• 1 tsp curry powder
• 2 -- 3 tsps salt
• 2 chillies
• 1/2 coconut - grated
• 5 cm piece ginger
• 4 tbsps ghee
• 5 cloves
• 5 cm cinnamon stick
• 10 cashew nuts
• 10 almonds
• 450 gms long-grain rice

Directions

• Cut chicken into 6 -- 8 pieces
• Grind together garlic, ginger, chillies, poppy seeds, cashew nuts and almonds.
• Heat ghee and fry cloves, cinnamon, shallots.
• Add in the chicken pieces, 1 tsp salt, ground ingredients and curry powder.
• Stir to mix and cook covered for 10 minutes.
• Extract 1 - 2 cups coconut milk from coconut. Add in salt. Mixed with washed rice and cook it.
• When the rice has absorbed all the milk, make a well in the center and put the chicken mixture.
• Cover and allow rice to cook over very low fire.