Beriani

Ingredients

• 1 chicken, about 900 g (or beef / mutton)
• 1 tbsp poppy seeds
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 cup shallots - sliced
• 1 tsp curry powder
• 2 – 3 tsp salt
• 2 chillies
• ½ coconut - grated
• 5 cm piece ginger
• 4 tbsp ghee
• 5 cloves
• 5 cm cinnamon stick
• 10 cashew nuts
• 10 almonds
• 450 g long-grain rice

Directions

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