Ambur chicken biryani

Ingredients

• Basmati rice -5 cups (1 kilo approx)
• Chicken thigh piece - 1 kilo
• Onions (large) - 4 nos
• Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tablepsoons
• Tomatoes - 3 nos
• Green chillies - 2 nos
• Mint and coriander leaves (chopped) - 1 cup
• Curd - 1 tablepsoons
• Lime juice - 1 tablepsoons
• Red chilly powder - 4 tablepsoons
• Garam masala powder - 1 tablepsoons
• Ghee - 3/4 cup
• Salt for taste

Whole spices like:

• Cloves - 6 nos
• Cardamom - 6nos
• Cinnamon - 1 stick
• Bay leaves - 2 nos
• Mace - 2-4 nos
• Star aniseed - 2 nos
• Aniseed - 1 tablepsoon