Thursday, March 12, 2015

Chicken Biryani - Type 1


          I have already shared with you a recipe for Chicken Biryani Tandoori Style. Today I will share with you another style of Chicken Biryani.  It is equally delicious. Lets see how to cook it.




Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients:
  • Boneless Chicken 400 g
  • Yoghurt 1 cup
  • Ginger garlic paste
  • Green Chillies
  • Rice 2 cups washed
  • Whole Spices - 1 Bayleaf, 1 inch cinnamon stick, 5 black peppercons, 3 cloves, 2 tsp shahi jeera, 1 star anise, 1 javitri, 3 cardamom pods
  • Oil
  • Salt
  • Browned Onions
  • Red Chilli Powder
  • Garam Masala
  • Biryani Masala
  • few strands of saffron in 1/4 cup milk
  • Corriander leaves
  • Mint leaves
  • ghee
Method:

1. Marination
  • Clean the chicken. Cut it into pieces. Marinate it with salt to taste, 2 tsp ginger garlic paste, 1 tbsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 cup yoghurt, green chillies, chopped coriander leaves, chopped mint leaves & 1 tbsp ghee. Set it aside for atleast 30 minutes.
  • Also soak rice for atleast 30 minutes.
  • Check the recipe for browned onions here
2. Cooking Chicken & Rice
  • Add some of the browned onions to the marinated chicken. Cook the marinated chicken for 20 minutes. You will see a lot of gravy created in the pan. Check for seasoning right now.
  • Put a large vessel of boiling water. In a muslin cloth, add all whole spices except shahi jeera in a muslin cloth & tie them. Put these tied muslin cloth of whole spices in boiling water. Also add the shahi jeera & oil in the boiling water. Drain the water from the soaked rice. Put these soaked rice in boiling water. Let it boil till almost 90% done. Now Drain the water. Get rid of the whole spices. Season the rice with salt. Mix the rice carefully without breaking the grains of rice. Set it aside.
3. Layering Chicken & Rice
  • Take a non stick pan. Brush it with oil.
  • Add half chicken & half gravy to it.
  • Add half rice above the chicken.
  • Sprinkle some biryani masala over it.
  • Add half of the saffron milk, half of the browned onions & chopped coriander leaves over the rice.
  • Now put the remaining chicken & chicken curry over it.
  • Put the remaining rice over it.
  • Sprinkle some biryani masala over it.
  • Add remaining saffron milk, remaining browned onions & chopped coriander leaves over the rice.
  • Cover the pan with a tight lid.
  • Cook it on lowest flame for 10 minutes.
  • This will make the chicken & rice layers to mix with each other.
  • Serve hot !!


Check other Biryani recipes. Just click on the link for it.

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