Chicken Biryani is a Hyderabadi dish now popular in whole of the world. In hyderabad it is cooked with a set pattern and fixed spices to give it a rich aroma and lovely taste. Here we bring for you this special dish recipe.
Recipe Ingredients
* Chicken pieces 1"(boneless) - 500g
* Basmati Rice - 1 cup
* Oil - 6 to 7 tbsp
* Onions (chopped & fried) - 1
* Mint leaves - Few
* Lemon Juice - 1tsp
* Green Chillies (chopped) - 2
* Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
* Bay Leaf - One or two
* Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
* Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
* Coriander Powder - 1 tsp
* Cumin Seeds (Black) - 1 tsp
* Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
* Cloves - 1 tsp
* Saffron - A Pinch
* Peppercorns - 2 tsp
* Cardamom (Big)- 2
* Green Cardamom - 4
* Javetri (mace)- few pieces
* Cinnamon Stick - 1 inch
* Coriander Leaves - hand full
* Salt to taste
Preparation
First clean and cut chicken to 1 inch pieces and soak basmati rice for half an hour. After 30 minutes drain out excess water and keep it aside.
Now put chicken pieces in a bowl and add green chillies, mint, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, coriander leaves, peppercorns, cumin seeds, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, cumin powder, coriander powder, bay leaves, Javitri, cinnamon, cloves and green cardamoms.
Add Yogurt, Oil(2 tbsp), fried onions also to the bowl. Mix all these ingredients properly in the bowl itself to form a marinade.
Take a Kadai and boil water in it. As it starts boiling add oil (2 to 3 tbsp)in it. Then add salt (1 tsp) to it. Stir so that salt dissolves.
Add above ready rice to boiling water. Cook till rice is half done. At this point take off the kadai from flame and drain out the water.
Now take another medium size kadai or pan and put it on flame. Pour chicken with its marinade in the pan and sprinkle evenly, half cooked rice on top of the chicken. Add coriander leaves, saffron(dissolved in water), fried onions on top of the rice.
Cover the pan with a tight lid and let it cook for 30 minutes on medium flame. Serve hot and enjoy your chicken biryani with fresh Yogurt.
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