Cooking Mode: Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani

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Marinate chicken with yogurt, ginger paste, garlic paste, Kashmiri red chili powder, garam masala, and salt for at least 2 hours.

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Parboil basmati rice with whole spices and salt until 70% cooked; drain.

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Slice and deep-fry onions in ghee until deeply browned and crisp.

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Layer raw marinated chicken at the base of a heavy pot, top with parboiled rice, fried onions, fresh mint leaves, ghee, and saffron dissolved in warm milk.

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Seal pot tightly with foil or dough and cook on low heat (dum) for 40 minutes.