Brunei Beriani

Ingredients:

1 chicken, about 900 gms ( beef/mutton )

1 tbsp poppy seeds

1 clove garlic

1 cup shallots, sliced

1 tsp curry powder

2-3 tsps salt

2 chillies

1/2 coconut, grated

5 cm piece ginger

4 tbsps ghee

5 cloves

5 cm cinnamon stick

10 cashew nuts

10 almonds

450 gms long-grain rice

Cooking Instructions:

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.

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