First, in a mixer-grinder make a paste with ginger, garlic, green chillies, small onions and coriander leaves. Keep aside.

Now heat 2 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter) in a pan. Once hot add the cashews and raisins you need for garnish and roast them till they're a nice brown. Keep aside.

Next add the thinly sliced onions. Roast them till they reach the crunch stage, ie fried and brown. Keep aside.

Now add the onions and some salt. Sauté till they become slightly brown.

Now add the prepared paste and mix well. Let it cook for about 2-3 minutes.

Next add turmeric powder and biryani masala and mix. Add water and let it cook for another 2 minutes.

Once the masalas have all cooked and the raw smell disappears, add the chicken pieces and coat well with the masala.

Next add the chopped tomatoes. Mix, add water and cover to cook for 20 minutes or till the chicken is done.

Turn off the flame and add curd or yoghurt. Give it a mix and take the pan off the flame. The gravy part is now ready.

For cooking quinoa, first rinse and clean the seeds well before using. Soak for half an hour and use a sieve to drain the water.

Now in a vessel heat 1/2 cup of ghee. Add the whole spices (cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, mace, cumin, bay leaf) and give it a stir.

Once it sizzles, add 1/2 cup of onions, 1/2 tsp of ginger garlic paste and stir till the onions become translucent.

Now add the drained quinoa seeds and stir for a few seconds. Next add 3 cups of water, ad 1 tsp of salt and cover to cook.

Keep checking the quinoa because it takes very little time to cook. Mine took hardly 15 minutes.

For making the quinoa chicken biryani dish, take another deep vessel. Sprinkle and brush a few drops of ghee in the bottom. Now make the first layer of quinoa.

Add the prepared garnish (fried onions, chopped mint and coriander leaves, fried cashews and raisins)

Next add the chicken gravy carefully over this layer to make another layer. Be generous and spread it well.

Next add the last layer of quinoa. Repeat the garnish.

Cover and bake for a few minutes and voila you have a wonderfully tasting and nutritious quinoa chicken biryani for a meal!!