Nasi Ayam Biryani Malay (Malay Chicken Biryani Rice)

I make Biryani again but this time I choose the "Malay" word on the box of the spices.I was told by Gertrude that Shan's Malay(Malaysia) biryani taste better than the others..I was suprised the color of the spices doesn't look spicy bcos it's not red but actual facts the spices is quite spicy..Yeah!!....there is a slightly different between Malay Chicken Biryani and Bombay Biryani that I used to cooked..In term of taste I think I prefer Bombay Biryani ,maybe it's bcos I added too much ginger and garlic with the chicken ..or maybe it's bcos the spices had red color!! Anyway, as we know Indian food can be really expensive compare with others food when we eating at the restaurant...Since making Biryani at home is so easy ,why not cook this dish myself ? Viola!! now I can cook Biryani Chicken with out hassle in about 30 minutes!! You can get Biryani spice mixture in any Indian or Asian grocery or online store (this POST is not a ADVERTORIAL POST) I just want to share what I had experienced and found it's easy to cook not to said it's affordable to everyone who love Indian food.

Ingredients:

1/2 whole chicken ,about 3 lbs,chopped small
30 gm Malay Biryani mix(1/2 pack of the spices)
1 cup whole milk or half and half or yogurt( I used half and half)
2 inch old ginger,sliced and pounded

1 bulb garlic,peeled and pounded

*mix above ingredients well in a container in fridge for hours or overnight before cook*

Vegetables:

1 tomato,cut cube

1 medium onion,peeled and sliced

4 potato,peeled and cut cube
1 cup water

salt to taste

2 tbsp oil

handful cashew nut

handful raisin

2 cups Basmati rice +2/3 cup water or plus extra depand on your rice aged

Method:

1:Heat a medium stock pot with oil at high heat.Add in potato,onion and chicken mixture into the pot,keep stirring for 5 minutes.Add in water and let it simmer at medium heat for another 20 minutes.

2:Meanwhile cook basmati rice in rice cooker.Wash rice few times with cold water before fill in 2/3 water.When rice cooked,let it rest in warmer.

3:Add in salt and tomato into the chicken mixture.Stir and check the seasoning.The chicken should be cook at this point,reduced heat to low.Remove rice from rice cooker before mix with chicken biryani mixture in the stock pot.Mix well before add in raisin and cashew nuts..

4:Remove chicken biryani from heat ,dish out and serve warm..

cut chicken pieces ready to marinate
pounded ginger and garlic in pestle and mortar