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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

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.