Fry the chopped onions in 4 Tbsp oil to make barista or brown onions. Cook it until golden brown and crispy.

Clean, wash and pat dry the Chicken and add all the above-mentioned first marination ingredients to the chicken. Marinate it with your hands to coat each and every part especially the bones because the smell of the meat remains if the bones are not well marinated. Marinate it in the refrigerator for at least an hour or if you have time in hand then marinate overnight.

After the first marination is done take it out from the refrigerator and add all the above-mentioned ingredients for second marination including the barista except bay leaves, cinnamon stick, cloves, ginger and garlic paste. Mix those all very well make sure every part is well coated better to use your hand for this. As for chillies either green or red add more or less depending on your taste. Once mixed well marinate it again for 40-50 minutes in the refrigerator.

Please check my previous post for the homemade biryani masala.

For the rice wash and soak it for 30 minutes. I am using same amount of rice and chicken you can add 700 gms rice also. After 30 minutes drain out the excess water from the rice. Heat up ghee or oil in a pan add all the above-mentioned ingredients for rice tempering when they start to splutter add water and salt and allow it to boil. Once start boiling add the soaked rice and cook till 70% done. Drain out the excess water but don't discard this because it has all the flavours of spices and ghee

Store that water in the refrigerator for further use. Press the rice between your fingers and you feel the tightness of the rice. Don't over cook it because it will not remain intact as it will cook further on dum. After that leave it for 10-12 minutes then start assembling by this it will tighten up a bit. Tip-You can add 2-3 tsp more ghee or oil in the boiling water to avoid rice from sticking and breaking.

For assembling--In a bowl take 2 tbsp warm milk add 5-6 strands of saffron mix and keep it aside. In another bowl take a tsp of orange food colour in a tsp of water mix and keep it aside. Fry one large finely chopped onion until golden brown and crispy. In another bowl take 3 tbsp ghee melt it and keep it aside. In a separate bowl take 1 tbsp dried mint and keep aside.

Time for assembling the cooked chicken and rice for that take a big wok. It should be big enough so that when we keep it on dum the rice got space to expand. Take 1/3rd of the rice as a 1st layer then add half of the cooked chicken as a 2nd layer then add some brown onions or birista then drizzle some ghee then add little food colour here and there sprinkle some dried mint. Some saffron milk add then again 1/3 rd rice as 3rd layer then the remaining cooked chicken as 4th layer.

Again sprinkle and drizzle some barista, orange food colour, saffron milk, ghee and dried mint. Now the final 5th layer remaining 1/3rd rice and finally top it with all the remaining ghee, milk, onion, mint, colour and add some Chopped Coriander leaves (optional). And it's ready to keep on dum.

Place a griddle or tawa place the wok on it and cover it with an aluminium foil then the lid. Now cook it on high flame for 10 minutes then lower the flame and cook for another 10 minutes then off the flame and keep it as it is for 10-15 minutes then serve.