• In a medium size pot, on medium heat, add olive oil and let it heat up.
• Add onion and sauté it until brown.
• Then add ginger garlic paste and mix well for 20 seconds.
• Add chicken and cook it until it changes its color.
• Next add tomatoes and mix well.
• Add potatoes and mix well.
• Then add yogurt and mix well for 2 minutes.
• Add homemade Sindhi biryani masala, plums, lemon juice, 1 tsp salt, and mix well.
• Place 2 green peppers in the pot and mix well.
• Let the gravy cook for 7-9 minutes.
• Turn off the stove and set aside.

Rice

• Presoak the rice in water for 20 min.
• Drain the water. 
• In a large pot, on medium heat, add water, 1 tsp salt, star anise, and cloves.
• Bring it to a boil. Then add the drained rice in the pot. 
• Now let the rice cook for 6-8 minutes remember you're doing this on medium heat. Check if the rice are cooked 75-80%.
• Remove the pot from the stove and drain the water. Set aside.

Layering

• In a large pot, add 1 tbsp oil and 1½ tsp water. Scatter that across the bottom of the pot. 
• To set the first layer lay out 25% rice in the bottom of the pot as your first layer. Then sprinkle 3 pinches food coloring on top of the rice.
• Next place some of chicken gravy that you made earlier and on top sprinkle some fresh cilantro. 
• Keep repeating the pervious step two more times. 
• On top of the fourth layer of rice, you shouldn't have any chicken gravy left, so your fourth layer will be rice, food coloring, cilantro, and lastly now add kewra to the pot.

Steaming "Dum"

• Wrap the lid with aluminum foil.
•  Place the covered lid with aluminum foil on top of the pot.
• Place the tawa, on the stove then place the pot on top of the tava.
•  Now turn the stove on high for 5-7 min only.
• Turn the stove on medium heat for the next 7-10 minutes.
• Next turn the stove on medium-low for the next 30 minutes.
• Turn the stove to low for 20 minutes.
• Now turn off the stove. Don't open for the next 10 minutes.
• Unwrap the lid and open and mix up the biryani slowly and carefully so rice wouldn't break.
• Enjoy!!!