Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani

Chicken biryani made in the Hyderabadi kacchi style — raw marinated chicken and half-cooked rice sealed together in a heavy-bottomed vessel and finished on dum so the chicken steam-cooks while perfuming the rice above with saffron, kewra water, and caramelised onions. Lighter and faster than the mutton version but no less fragrant.