CHICKEN DUM BIRYANI
Recipe:
Ingredients for Chicken curry:
- Ginger garlic paste
- Ghee
- Kashmiri red chilly powder
- Garam masala powder
- Biriyani masala powder
- Green chillies
- Curds
- Whole garam masala spices
- Salt to taste.
- Lemon juice
Ingredients for rice:
- Basmati rice
- Whole garam masala spices
- Lemon juice
- Salt.
- Ghee.
For garnishing:
- Fried onion
- Roasted Dry fruits of your choice
- Coriander leaves
- Mint leaves
- Saffron
Method:
- Fry 3 large sliced onions & keep aside.
- Roast few dry fruits & keep aside.
- Soak a pinch of saffron in 1/2 cup water & keep aside.
Marination:
For 1kg chicken pieces, add little lemon juice, salt, 2 tbsp ghee, 1&1/2 tbsp ginger -garlic paste, 3 tbsp Kashmiri chilly powder, 2 tbsp garam masala, 2 tbsp biriyani masala, few coriander & mint leaves, 2-3 slit green chillies, 1/4th fried onions, 1/2 litre curds.
Mix everything well & marinate for 2-3 hours or overnight.
Preparation of gravy:
Heat 1 tb sp ghee in a large vessel add 2 cardamoms, 3 cloves, 1 stick cinnamon, 2 bay leaves, fry for 10 seconds.
Add marinated chicken & cook on a medium flame till chicken is tender.
Rice preparation:
Wash & Soak 3/4th kg basmati rice for about 15 minutes. Drain & keep aside.
Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a deep vessel, add whole garam masala spices ( 3 cardamoms, 3 cloves, 1" cinnamon stick, 2 bay leaves) & stir for 1 minute.
Add rice, 1 tsp lemon juice, salt to taste & ample amount of water to cook. Cover & cook. Keep on checking. When the rice is half cooked, drain water.
Final preparation:
Add quarter portion of half cooked rice to 1/4th portion of chicken & spread. Sprinkle little saffron water, few roasted nuts, little fried onion, few chopped coriander-mint leaves.
Spread 1/4th meat over rice spread again 1/4th rice, nuts, saffron water & remaining ingredients.
Repeat this process till all meat & rice gets over. Cover & can seal with leftover chapathi dough.
Cook on a very slow flame for 8-10 minutes & put off the flame. Leave it for 10 minutes.
That's absolutely awesome and restaurant style preparation. Great job.
ReplyDeleteNice recipe .which brand biriyani masala u used
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