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Chicken Biryani

Recipe Chicken Biryani

Preparation Time

1 Hour 25 Minutes

Ingredients

Marination ingredients for chicken biryani

  • ½ kg chicken
  • 3 tablespoons curd or yogurt or dahi
  • 1 ¼ tablespoons ginger garlic paste
  • Salt as needed (I used about ½ tsp)
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric or haldi
  • ½ to 1 teaspoon red chilli powder (use less spicy variety)
  • ½ to 1 tablespoon biryani masala powder or garam masala (Refer notes)
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon juice (optional)

 

Whole spices (skip if you don’t have any)

  • 1 bay leaf or tej patta
  • 4 green cardamoms or choti elaichi
  • 4 to 6 cloves or lavang
  • 1 inch Cinnamon or dalchini
  • 1 Star anise or chakri phool
  • ¾ teaspoon shahi jeera or caraway seeds
  • 1 strand mace or javitri

 

Other ingredients for chicken biryani

  • 2 cups basmati rice or chawal (aged rice only)
  • 2 tablespoon ghee or Oil
  • 1 onion large – sliced thinly
  • ¼ to ½ cup mint (or pudina chopped – about 12 to 15 leaves)
  • 1 green chili slit or chopped
  • ¼ cup curd or 4 tbsps yogurt or dahi
  • ¼ to ½ teaspoon red chili powder (optional, skip for kids)
  • 1 teaspoon biryani masala powder (or garam masala)
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt to add to chicken
  • 3 cups water or thin coconut milk (if using normal rice use more water)
  • ¾ teaspoon salt to sprinkle in water
  • 2 tablespoon fried onions (optional)

Method

Preparation for chicken biryani

  1. Make gashes on the chicken. Marinate with curd, ginger garlic paste, ½ tsp salt, biryani masala powder, turmeric & chili powder. Set aside for 1 hour. Wash basmati rice thrice and soak for 30 mins. Drain to a colander.

How to make chicken biryani

  1. Heat ghee or oil in a cooker or pot. Saute whatever spices you have – bay leaf, cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, star anise, shahi jeera & mace for a minute. Fry onions stirring often until light brown.
  2. Saute chicken for 5 mins on a medium heat. Cover & cook on a low flame until the chicken is soft cooked.Saute to evaporate excess moisture in pot.
  3. Add curd, pudina, green chili, red chili powder, ¼ tsp salt, 1 tsp biryani masala.

 

Layering for chicken biryani

  1. Mix everything well and layer chicken evenly at the bottom. Spread rice in a layer over the chicken.
  2. Pour 3 cups water or thin coconut milk to a bowl. Add ½ to ¾ tsp salt and mix. Taste the water. It must be slightly salty.
  3. Pour 2 cups of this water across the sides of the cooker or pot. Gently pour 1 cup water on top of the rice. Level the rice if needed. Sprinkle mint & fried onions.
  4. Cooker method – Set the flame to medium high. Cover & place the whistle. Cook for 1 whistle. Set the cooker away from the burner to stop cooking further.
  5. Pot method – If cooking in a pot, cover and cook on a medium flame until the rice is done to your liking.
    Rest until the pressure settles. Fluff up the chicken biryani with a fork. Serve from top to the bottom layer. Each serving gets biryani rice from top and chicken from the bottom layer.
  6. Enjoy chicken biryani with raita and sliced veggies, papad and shorba.

Source: https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/chicken-biryani-recipe/

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