[India] How to cook Biryani

Ingredients

• 4 cm piece ginger, peeled, roughly chopped
• 6garlic cloves, peeled
• 95 g(⅓ cup) natural yoghurt
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 1 tsp ground chilli
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 2 small green chillies, finely chopped
• ⅓ cuproughly chopped coriander leaves, plus extra, to serve
• ⅓ cuproughly chopped mint leaves, plus extra, to serve
• 1.4 kg whole chicken, cut into 8
• pinch of saffron threads
• 2 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
• 60 ml(¼ cup) vegetable oil
• 4 red onions, sliced
• 50 g(⅓ cup) blanched almonds
• 2  dried bay leaves
• 3 cloves
• 2 cinnamon quills
• 3 cardamom pods, bruised
• 1 tsp caraway seeds
• 600 g(3 cups) basmati rice, soaked in cold water for 2 hours

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