"Chicken Biriyani"

"Chicken Biriyani"

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About this Foodie!

"Chicken Biriyani" does not need much introduction as we all know about the taste, texture and amazing flavor of the dish and right from its inception till date , its the top most  or even the number one dish variety of India made in almost all the functions and festivals. Biriyani are many varieties out of which , this post is one type of homemade style from South India.

Best side dish for this biriyani are Onion raita, dalsa and any chicken or egg gravy masala.

Chicken Biriyani

Recipe

Ingredients

1. Biriyani Rice - 1 kg

2. Chicken - 1 kg

3. Big onions - 1/2 kg

4. Ginger garlic paste - 100 gm

5. Cinnamon - 2 inch sized 15 nos

6. Cloves - 10 nos

7. Cardamom - 2 nos

8. Cashew nuts - 10 nos

9. Bayleaf(brinji ellai) - 1 no

10. Oil and ghee - 8 to 10 tblspn or to your taste

11. Ghee - 6 to7 tblspn or to your taste

12. Lemon juice - 1/2 tblspn

13.  Kesari powder - 2 pinches

14. Coriander and Mint leaves - 1 medium bunch

15. Salt - To taste

16. Coconut - 1/2 cup

17. Green chillies - 7 nos

Method

1. Prepare biriyani masala by nicely grinding coconut pieces + cinnamon + cloves + cardamom + cashew nuts (quantity as mentioned in ingredients) to a smooth paste by adding required amount of water and keep it aside.

2. In cooker add chicken pieces ( medium sized),chilli powder ( 2 tblspn ) , ginger garlic paste (1/2 tsp) , salt and cook for 3 -4 whistles and wait for 5 mins till the steam goes off completely.

3. Now take a biriyani pathiram(Big vessel for 1 kg biriyani capacity) add oil, ghee and let them get heated for few seconds and then add cinnamon(2 inch sized 1 no),cloves( 2nos) , cardamom(2 nos), cashew nuts (5-6 nos), bayleaf and cook for 2-3 mins as you get an aroma.

4. Now add chopped onions, green chillies and cook for 3/4 of the onion gets cooked .

5. Add chopped coriander and mint leaves and again cook for 2-3 mins and then add ginger garlic paste and nicely cook till raw smell of the contents goes off and onion becomes golden brown color.

6. Add biriyani masala and cook for sometime and add salt to taste and cook till oil gets separated.

7. Then add the boiled chicken pieces and finally add water to the vessel 1:2 ratio (1 cup rice : 2 cup water) and when water gets boiled up , add the biriyani rice and nicely stir all the contents in the vessel  and add lemon juice for flavor and mix it well.

8. When rice gets boiled up switch off the gas stove and put one dosai kaal on the stove and add 1 cup of water to it and place that biriyani vessel with tightly packed lid (use wet cloth around the circumference of the lid of the vessel so that the steam does not gets out of the vessel- this method is home made "DUM")

9. Cook for 15-20 mins in low flame and after that finish your cooking and now homemade DUM biriyani is ready to serve deliciously!!!

Simple Onion Raita(side dish for biriyani)

Method

1. Take onion scraps , add required amount of curd , chopped green chillies , salt to taste and a pinch of sugar and nicely mix all and onion raita is ready and there are many other variety of onion raitas some use carrots, tomatoes, cucumber as per their wish and garnish with coriander leaves.

"Chicken biriyani with Onion Raita"

Try it and you will love it!

Happy Foodie!!!