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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Easy chicken briyani



Ingredients:

Marination:

  • ½ kg chicken
  • 3 tbsp curd 
  • 1 ¼ tbsp. ginger garlic paste 
  • ¼ tsp turmeric 
  • ½  tsp red chilli powder 
  • ½ tbsp biryani masala powder
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice 
  • Salt as needed

Whole spices 

  • 1 bay leaf or tej patta
  • 4 green cardamoms 
  • 4 to 6 cloves 
  • 1 inch Cinnamon  
  • ¾ tsp shahi jeera 

Other ingredients 

  • 2 cups basmati rice 
  • 2 tbsp ghee 
  • 1 onion large 
  • 1 green chili slit
  •  4 tbsps yogurt 
  • ¼ to ½ tsp red chili powder 
  • 1 tsp biryani masala powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt 
  • 3 cups water 
  • ¾ tsp salt to sprinkle in water
  • 2 tbsps. fried onions

Method:

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

chicken biryani

  1. Heat ghee or oil in a cooker or pot.  Saute whatever spices you have – bay leaf, cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon and shahi jeera  for a minute.
  2. Add onions fry for 3 min.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, red chili powder, ¼ tsp salt and1 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 2 cups of this water across the sides of the  pot. Gently pour 1 cup water on top of the rice. Level the rice if needed. Sprinkle mint & fried onions.
  3. Enjoy chicken biryani with raita.

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