Chicken Biryani

Ingredients:-

For Marination:-

Chicken - 1 lb (cut and cleaned)
Yogurt (curd) - 1 cup
Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Chicken masala- 1 1/2 tbsp
Chili powder - 1 1/2 tbsp
Lemon - 1 small
Salt to Taste
Garam Masala - 1/2 tbsp

For Biryani:-

Basmati rice - 2 1/2 cups
Water - 5 cups
Cardamoms- 5 count
Cloves - 5 count
Cinnamon stick-  1   (2 inches size)
Biryani leaf- 2
Star anise - 1
Green chilis - 3 sliced
Onion - 2 medium thinly sliced
Cashew - few
Oil - 1 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cilantro - chopped s needed
Mint leaves - few chopped

Procedure:-

1-First take a bowl clean chicken and add all the marination ingredients to it and mix well and marinate it for 30 mins. Also soak the basmati rice at the same time so they will be ready to cook at the same time.
2-Now take a wok and add oil and ghee together and add the whole garam masala ingredients cloves, cardamoms, cinnamon, star anise, biryani leaf and also green chilis saute for a min or so and then add the cashew fry for a min or so then add onions and fry well until they turn slight brown color and then add the marinated chicken to it and cook well close the lid and simmer it and  then wait until the water oozes out from the chicken . 
3-Now let the chicken cook properly like 80% of it . Then take out the lid and cook for 5 more mins and then add the washed and soaked basmati rice to it and fry for 5 min .
4-Once you start seeing the dryness in the pan add the water in it then followed by salt and also chopped cilantro and mint leaves and mix well.
5-Now taste the water for checking the salt levels. It must be slightly salty .
6-close the lid and let it cook properly  until 10-15 min in medium flame.
7-Now check in between to make sure it is well cooked. Now once the rice is cooked off the flame . Now its ready to serve.