CHETTINAD POTATO BIRYANI

Ingredients :

Small potatoes peeled – 15

Salt to taste

Basmati rice – 2 cups

Cardamom – 4

Cloves – 4

Onions sliced thin – 1

Tomatoes chopped – 1

Ghee – 2 tbsp

Bay leaf - 3

For making paste and marinating :

Ghee – 1 tbsp

Mint leaves – ¼ cup

Salt to taste

Green chillies – 4

Ginger – 1 inch

Garlic sauted  – 3

Curd – 3 tbsp

Onions sauted - 1

Fennel seeds – 1 tsp

Stone flower - 3

Method :

1)     Par boil the potatoes till half done

2)     In a pan take 1 tbsp ghee and sauté onions garlic and green chillies (in the marination ingredients)

3)     Make a paste of this along with the other ingredients for marination

4)     Apply this on the potatoes, add turmeric powder, salt and keep aside for half hour

5)     In a pan take 2 tbsp ghee and add cardamom, bay leaf and cloves

6)     Add the onions and sauté till light brown

7)     Add tomatoes and sauté well, add salt

8)     Add the marinated potatoes and sauté for 5 mins

9)     Add washed rice and sauté for 5 mins

10) Add 5 cups of water and cook till potatoes and rice and done

Serve hot with raita