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Chicken Biryani

Apr-04-2018
सोनाली बागुल
60 minutes
Prep Time
60 minutes
Cook Time
3 People
Serves
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ABOUT Chicken Biryani RECIPE

This dish is easy to make, fragrant and spicy chicken biryani for all dinner party occasions.

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Medium
  • Others
  • Main Dish

Ingredients Serving: 3

  1. 1/2 to 1 kg Chicken
  2. 1 Cinnamon
  3. 5 Black Pepper
  4. 4 Cloves
  5. 1 Black Cardamom
  6. 1 Green Cardamom
  7. 1 Star Anise
  8. 1 Mace
  9. Few Stone Flower
  10. 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  11. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  12. 1 tsp lemon juice
  13. 1 tsp salt
  14. 2-3 green chilies
  15. 1/4 cup curd/yogurt
  16. 1 tsp red chili powder
  17. 1 tsp coriander powder
  18. 1/2 tsp cumin powder
  19. 1/4 cup finely chopped coriander leaves
  20. 1 cup basmati rice
  21. 4 cups water
  22. 1/2 tsp shahjeera
  23. 4-5 Black Pepper
  24. 1 Black Cardamom
  25. 1 Cinnamon
  26. 4-5 Cloves
  27. 1 tsp ghee
  28. 1 tsp salt

Instructions

  1. For Marinating Chicken: • For making biryani masala, take cinnamon, black pepper, cloves, black cardamom, green cardamom, star anise, mace, stone flower into a blender/mixer/grinder.
  2. • Blend everything into powder. Let the biryani masala be a little coarse.
  3. • Take chicken into a bowl (Big pieces not too small pieces)
  4. • For marinating chicken add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, lemon juice, salt, biryani masala, green chillies.
  5. • Leave 1 tsp biryani masala in the mixer pot.
  6. • Add curd, red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, finely chopped coriander leaves. Mix everything well together.
  7. • Cover and transfer chicken into freeze for marination over night.
  8. For Rice: • Boil water. Add shahjeera, black pepper, black cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ghee and salt. Let the water come to boil.
  9. • Take basamati rice and wash it really good.
  10. • Drain water and add rice into boiling water.
  11. • Cook rice on medium heat for 5 minutes.
  12. • After boiling rice for 5 minutes turn off the gas.
  13. To Assemble: Take the chicken out of the freeze 1 1/2- 2 hours before making biryani. Let it come to room temperature.
  14. • Take thick bottom pan/rice cooker. Add ghee and spread it at the bottom of the pan/rice cooker.
  15. • Give a layer of marinated chicken.
  16. • Next give a layer of fried onion and coriander leaves. Drain the boiled rice and layer it over the chicken.
  17. • Take saffron strands into a microwave safe bowl and add water/milk in it. Microwave it for 30 seconds.
  18. • Add this saffron water/milk over rice. • Sprinkle leftover biryani masala over this rice.
  19. • Sprinkle coriander leaves, fried onion and lots of ghee. • Cook the biryani on medium heat for 10 minutes.
  20. • Cook it for another 10 minutes on low to medium heat. • Finally cook it for another 15 minutes on lowest possible heat.
  21. • Turn off the gas and let it be like that for 5 minutes more. • Open the lid and serve tasty Chicken biryani.

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Deepthi Nayak
Oct-31-2018
Deepthi Nayak   Oct-31-2018

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