Slow-Cooked Chicken Biryani

Ingredients (20)

• ✓ 2 ½ cups basmati rice
• + ¼ cup vegetable oil, divided add to pantry
• + 4 cinnamon sticks add to pantry
• + 8 whole cloves add to pantry
• + 4 pods black cardamom add to pantry
• + 2 onions, sliced add to pantry
• + 2 tablespoons ginger-garlic paste add to pantry
• ✓ ¼ cup chopped fresh mint
• + 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro add to pantry
• + 1 ½ pounds boneless chicken breast, cut into 2-inch cubes add to pantry
• ✓ 1 teaspoon salt
• + ¾ cup fat-free yogurt add to pantry
• + 4 green chile peppers add to pantry
• + ¼ cup lemon juice add to pantry
• + 1 tablespoon ground chile pepper add to pantry
• + ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric add to pantry
• + 10 cups water add to pantry
• + 1 teaspoon cumin seeds add to pantry
• + 2 pods green cardamom add to pantry
• + 2 bay leaves add to pantry