First wash the rice and soaked in water for half hour. Wash the jackfruit and put in a pressure cooker add 1/2 cup water and 1/2 tsp salt cover and cook on high flame for one whistle come. Turn off the flame and release the pressure. The jackfruit has to be half cooked.

In a grinder jar take 2 green cardamom,mace, poppy seed, nutmeg and 4 cloves. Then grind them to make a fine powder. This is biryani masala.

Take a pan add half cup oil heat well then add 2 onion slices and saute untill it turns golden brown. Then transfer it in a paper napkin and keep aside. In the same pan add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 2 cloves, pepper corns, 1 bay leaves and black cardamom, saute few seconds then add one chopped onion, saute when it turns light brown then add ginger garlic paste and saute one minutes. Then add tomatoes, chilli powder, salt and mix well cover and cooked on medium flame untill tomatoes become mushy.

Now add the boil jackfruit mix well. Add grinded Biryani masala. Then add 1/4 cup water.cover and cook for 4-5 minutes on medium flame. Turn off the flame and keep aside.

In a wok take 4 cups water add remaining green cardamom, bay leaves and cumin seeds boil the water on high flame. When a boil comes add soaked rice and 2tsp salt. Boil untill the rice cooked 80% turn off from the heat and strain all water. Keep aside.

Take a heavy bottom wok, turn the flame slow add half jackfruit put one layer of rice spread half onion (barista), half mint and coriander leaves. Again spread cooked jackfruit then spread mint leaves and put a layer of rice. Mix food colour in a bowl and spread on the rice. Add lemon juice and kewra water cooked on slow flame for 5-6 minutes. The biryani is ready.