• 750 grams chieken
• 3 – 4 green chilies
• 1 tbsp garlic
• 1 tbsp ginger
• 5 – 6 black pepper corns
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 3 – 4 cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 piece cinnamon stick
• 1 star anise
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tbsp home made biryani masala link given below
• 2 pinches nutmeg and mace powder
• 1 tsp salt
• ⅔ cup yogurt
• ½ cup oil
• 1 medium sized onion
• 5 – 6 dried plums
• 2 medium sized tomatoes
• 2 bowls water
• 500 grams rice (soak before use)
• salt to taste
• ⅛ tsp orange food color
• lemon slices
• mint leaves
• green chilies
• fried onion
• fresh coriander leaves

Pulao Masala

• 2 black cardamoms
• 4 green cardamoms
• 1 tsp black cumin seeds

Pulao

• 1/3 cup cooking oil
• 2 large sized carrots
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 cup raisins or quantity to taste
• 2 medium sized onion
• 700 g mutton
• 2 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
• salt to taste
• 1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• prepared pulao masala
• 2 – 3 green chilies (optional)
• 1 tomato (optional)
• 3 bowls of water
• 500 g basmati rice
• salt if needed
• 1 tsp whole spice powder

• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 5 – 6 black pepper corns
• 1 medium sized onion
• 1 tsp garlic
• 1 large tomato
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 – 3 potatoes
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp red chili powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp dried fenugreek leaves
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 chopped green chilies
• 3 cup water for rice
• 2 cup basmati rice
• 2 green chilies
• salt to taste

Ingredients used in Salad

• 1 cucumber
• 1 tomato
• 1 onion
• 1 green chili
• fresh coriander leaves
• 5 – 6 mint leaves
• little bit salt
• some cumin seeds
• lemon juice to taste

For frying the fish

• ½ kg King Mackerel Fish (Surmai Machli)
• tbsp vinegar
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• salt to taste
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• oil for frying the fish

Ingredients of gravy for cooking the rice

• 700 grams Basmati Rice
• 2 onion medium sized
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tbsp whole spice mix (sabit garam masala)
• 5-6 green chilies
• 1 tsp black cumin seeds
• ½ cup yogurt
• salt to taste
• 1½ bowl water

Ingredients tied up in muslin cloth

• 3-4 green cardamom (elaichi)
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• ginger (adrak) about 1 inch piece
• 4-5 cloves garlic (lahsan javay)
• 6-7 black pepper corns (sabit kali mirch)
• 1 tsp fennel seeds (saunf)

• 2 – 3 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 large carrot
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ⅔ cup raisins washed and soaked
• ½ cup oil
• 1 large sized onion
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tomato (optional)
• green chilies (optional)
• 2 – 3 green cardamoms
• 2 – 3 cloves
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 kg chicken
• 2 tsp salt or to taste
• 2¼ bowls water
• ½ kg basmati rice washed and soaked
• 1 tsp whole spice powder

Whole spices bag

• 1 tbsp coriander seeds (dhania)
• 1 tbsp fennel seeds (saunf)
• 1 tsp cumin seeds (zeera)
• 2 black cardamom (bari elaichi)
• 3-4 green cardamom (choti elaichi)
• ½ star anise (badiyan ka phoo)
• 1 inch piece of cinnamon stick (darcheeni 1 inch ka tukra)
• 3-4 cloves (laung)

Yakhni and Boiled Mutton

• 15-16 cups water
• 1 kg mutton (bakray ka gosht)
• 6–8 garlic cloves (lahsan javay)
• 2-4 pieces ginger (adrak k tukray)
• 1 medium sized onion

Assembling

• ⅔ cup oil
• 1 large onion
• boiled mutton (separated from yakhni)
• 2-3 tbsp ginger and garlic (crushed into paste form)
• 1 tsp black cumin seeds (kala zeera)
• 6-8 black pepper seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds (zeera)
• 1½ tsp black pepper powder
• salt to taste
• 6-8 green chilies
• 1 cup yogurt (dahi)
• mutton stock (yakhni)
• 1 kg Basmati Rice (soaked in water)

garnishing items

• fried onion
• fresh coriander leaves