Fox Tail Millet (Thinai Arisi) Chicken Biryani

                                

Fox Tail Millet (Thinai Arisi) Chicken Biryani

Ingredients

1 Cup Foxtail Millet (Thinai Arisi in Tamil)
3 tbsp. refined oil
4 tsp. Ghee
Chicken 150 gm
Handful of Mint and Coriander leaves
3 tsp. ginger garlic paste
1 onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
2 tbsp. Curd/Yoghurt
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. spoon chili powder
1 green chili slit vertically
10 Small onions (peeled)
Salt as needed

Spices
1 bay leaf
1 cinnamon stick
2 green cardamoms
2 cloves
1 star anise
1 tbsp. channa dal

Initial Preparation

Wash the millet and soak it in water for an hour
Clean and wash the chicken
Grind the shallots to a coarse paste

Method   

Heat the Pan with oil and 3 tsp. ghee, add all the spices and sauté for few seconds
Add onions and little salt, fry till golden brown, Add Ginger Garlic paste and sauté for a min

Add green chilies, tomato and fry until tomatoes turn mushy

Add chili powder and saute until raw smell goes off
Add Mint/Coriander leaves, sauté for a min
Add Small onion paste and sauté until the raw smell goes off

Add Curd and sauté for 2 mins

Add the extracted lemon juice, mix well
Add the chicken pieces and cook for 5 mins

Pour water (4 cups) and add salt as required, Let it boil for few min

Drain the millet, add to the boiling water

Cook for 10-15 min in medium flame (If the biryani has more water, cook on high flame to evaporate the water).Turn off the stove.
Add 1 tsp. of ghee and mix gently.

                                         
Cover it for about 5 min

*** Serve with Boiled Egg and Raita!