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Chicken Biriyani
Since I do not have a family recipe to follow for this wonderful dish, I have always asked friends for recipes and guess what? Just like I give recipes, they tell me throw in a bit of this or a bit of that and it never tasted we wanted it to until Revathi shared with me her family recipe.
We IM a lot and when I told her about being on TV, she suggested this recipe and you will not believe how many times I have tried this recipe and it is definitely a fool proof recipe.
Thanks Revathi and a bigger thanks to your mom. This is her tried and tested recipe of 35 years, so how can it go wrong?
Recipe
Basmati Rice – 1.5 cups
Chicken breast/thigh – 1 lb (cleaned and cubed)
Onion – 1 thinly sliced.
Mint – 1 bunch
Salt – 1 tsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Basmati Rice – 1.5 cups
Chicken breast/thigh – 1 lb (cleaned and cubed)
Onion – 1 thinly sliced.
Mint – 1 bunch
Salt – 1 tsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Make a paste of
Tomato – 1 (roughly chopped)
Cilantro – ½ cup (chopped)
Garlic – two pods
Ginger – 1 tsp grated
Tomato – 1 (roughly chopped)
Cilantro – ½ cup (chopped)
Garlic – two pods
Ginger – 1 tsp grated
To Powder (use mortar pestle/coffee grinder)
Fennel seeds – 3 tsp
Cloves – 3
Green Cardamom – 4
Cinnamon -1 inch (do not use powder)
Black pepper -10
Dried red chillies (add more if you like spicy) – 4
Fennel seeds – 3 tsp
Cloves – 3
Green Cardamom – 4
Cinnamon -1 inch (do not use powder)
Black pepper -10
Dried red chillies (add more if you like spicy) – 4
- Rinse the basmati rice in water and set it aside.
- Clean and cube a pound of chicken
- Vertically slice one large onion
- Heat oil in heavy bottomed cook pot.
- Add onions and sauté for 5 minutes until they turn brown, but take care not to burn it.
- Add the ingredients that was powdered and sauté for a minute.
- Add the paste and continue to sauté for another 5 minutes. At this point there should be no liquid in the pan.
- Add the chicken a give it a quick stir, the rice and stir in 2.5 cupsof water.
- When it comes to a rolling boil, close the pot with a tight lid and cook for 10-12 minutes.
I have done the stove top version and pressure cooker and both of them turn out fantastic. While making it on the stove top, please ensure that you have a tight fitting lid and you dont want the steam to come out.
Serve this with raitha.
hey
enna aala kanom ?
is it the same recipe for vegetable biryani except the chicken part?
I did the veggie version today morning and It was yummy…We both liked it..thanks for the recipe