easy recipe for dum Biryani: ingredients: Whole garam Masala (green cardamon, black cardamon, cinnamon, bay leaf, clove, black pepper), mint leaf, chopped corriender curd, ginger garlic paste, sliced onion, chicken, oil salt roasted cumin powder roasted coriander powder red chilli powder edible orange color preparation: 1. soak rice for at least 1/2 an hour 2. marinate the chicken for at least 1 hrs with ginger garlic paste, curd, roasted cumin powder, roasted coriander powder, red chilli powder. 3. put oil in the vessel you want the biryani to be cooked, put oil, fry the sliced onion till red. take it out & keep it aside. 4. now put some more oil in the vessel, all whole garam masala, put ginger garlic paste, stir it for 2 min in low flame, than put the marinated chicken to it & add salt to taste, cook it for atleast 5 min. 5. boil water separately, add salt to it. 6. now we have to make layers, wherein the chicken is already placed, put some mint leaf, fried onion, & the soaked rice, finally put all the remaining mint leaf & fried onions & fianally chopped corriender, put the boil water till the rice layer, cover the same with heavy lid, as no air can pass, & the same get cooked in dum. leave it on a low flame, for atleast 30 min. 7. uncover the vessel, & add some edible color(mix with water) to it. your biryani's ready, kindly note that its not a book recipe. i do cook biryani, in the same manner at home, its yummy.