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Chicken Biryani

Aug-14-2016
Reena Andavarapu
30 minutes
Prep Time
40 minutes
Cook Time
5 People
Serves
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ABOUT Chicken Biryani RECIPE

Quick and easy

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • Hyderabadi
  • Steaming
  • Frying
  • Main Dish

Ingredients Serving: 5

  1. Chicken - 3/4 kg
  2. Basmati rice - 3 cups
  3. Onions - 4
  4. Whole spices 2 each
  5. For the Marinade :
  6. Curd - 3/4 cup
  7. Green chillies - 4
  8. Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
  9. Whole spices: 3 cloves
  10. 3 cardamom
  11. 3 elaichi
  12. 2 star ainse
  13. Few Bay leaves
  14. Small piece of nutmeg ground
  15. Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
  16. Turmeric - 1 tsp
  17. Kasuri methi - 1 tsp
  18. few curry leaves
  19. Handful of pudina leaves
  20. Salt to taste
  21. 1 onion shredded

Instructions

  1. Wash and marinate the chicken by covering it and keep in the fridge for an hour.
  2. Take a biryani utensil, add 2 to 3 tbsps of oil and some ghee.
  3. Add the whole spices, sliced onions and fry them till they turn brown.
  4. Add the marinated chicken, let it cook till the oil separates.
  5. Add the washed and soaked rice. Next add in 4 cups of water.
  6. Salt to taste and let it come to a boil. Squeeze in half of the lemon. Stir and cover with a lid.
  7. Keep some weight on the lid so that steam does not escape. Let the rice cook on low heat. It takes around 15 minutes for the rice to cook.
  8. Serve with dahi raita.

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