Beriani - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken (about 900gms)
1 tablespoon poppy seed
1 clove garlic
1 cup shallot, sliced
1 teaspoon curry powder
2 -3 teaspoons salt
2 chilies
1/2 coconut, grated
5 to taste ginger
4 tablespoons ghee
5 cloves
5 to taste cinnamon sticks
10 cashew nuts
10 almonds
450 g long-grain rice

Preparation

Cut chicken into 6-8 pieces.
Grind together garlic, ginger, chillies, poppy seeds, cashew nuts and almonds.
Heat ghee and fry cloves, cinnamon, shallots.
Add in the chicken pieces, 1 tsp salt, ground ingredients and curry powder.
Stir to mix and cook covered for 10 minutes.
Extract 1-2 cups coconut milk from coconut.
Add in salt.
Mixed with washed rice and cook it.
When the rice has absorbed all the milk, make a well in the center and put the chicken mixture.
Cover and allow rice to cook over very low fire.