Name: Yogurt Sauce
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup whole milk or low-fat plain yogurt; 1 medium clove garlic , minced or pressed through garlic press (about 1 teaspoon); 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro leaves; 2 tablespoons minced fresh mint leaves

Why This Recipe Works

The best chicken biryani recipes place long-grain basmati at center stage, enriching it with butter, saffron, and a variety of fresh herbs and pungent spices. For our biryani recipe, we browned chicken thighs, then removed the skin before layering the chicken with the rice, lots of caramelized onions, and just the right blend of spices. To get the most flavor out of the spices, we tied them into a cheesecloth bundle and simmered them in the rice cooking water for at least 15 minutes before proceeding with the recipe.