Pressure Cooker Chicken Biriyani is a delicious biriyani which is easy to make and is very tasty. Ingredients

• Chicken - 1/2 kg
• Basmati Rice - 3 cups
• Onion - 4 nos
• Tomato - 4 nos
• Curd - 1/2 cup
• Mint Leaves (Pudhina) - 1/2 bunch
• Coriander Leaves - a bunch
• Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cloves (Grambu) - 4 nos
• Cardamom (Elakka) - 4 nos
• Cinnamon (Karugapatta) - 1" piece
• Ginger paste - 2 tsp
• Garlic paste - 2 tsp
• Cashew Nuts - 10 nos
• Poppy Seeds (Khus Khus) - 1 tbsp
• Vanaspati (Dalda) - 1/2 cup
• Green Chilly - 6 nos
• Salt - as required

Method Soak rice in water for 15 minutes and then drain. Fry the rice and keep it aside. Heat Dalda in a pressure cooker. Fry the onions, spices, tomato, ginger paste, garlic paste, green chilly, coriander leaves, mint leaves, and turmeric powder, until the oil comes on top. Grind together cashews and poppy seeds. Mix the cashew-poppy seeds paste with the curd. Add the chicken and curd mixture into the masala and mix well. Add enough salt to this. On top of this spread rice and add about 4 and a half cups of water. Cover and cook with the weight on until you hear one whistle.