Biryani is also known as Biriyani , biriani , birani or briyani . The dish is especially popular throughout the Indian subcontinent. Biryani made with Indian spices , Rice , Meat like chicken , mutton , beef , prawns and fish. And also with Vegetables and Eggs .
Today I'm going to show how to make Chicken Biryani. This Delicious Recipe belongs to my Sister Tasneem Malladi .
Ingredients :
For Chicken Marination :
1 & 1/2 kg chicken
500 ml Buttermilk ( chaas )
2 tbsp Curd ( Dahi )
2 tbsp Kashmiri red chilly powder ( mild )
1/2 tbsp salt Or as per taste
1/4 tbsp tumeric powder
For Biryani Gravy :
1/2 kg oil for Frying onion
1 kg Onion
1kg tomato
4 tbsp oil for gravy
Green paste ( 2 tbsp gg paste+ 3 to 4 green chillies+ handfull mint leaves + hand full coriander leaves )
1/2 tbsp Cumin powder
1/2 tbsp Coriander powder
1/2 tsp suger
1tbsp Salt or as per taste
1/2 tbsp Garam Masala powder
Indian spices ( green cardamom , black cardamom , cinnamon sticks , cumin seeds, black pepper , bay leaf , star anise )
2 tbsp or as per taste Chilly powder
For Biryani Rice :
2 kg Basmati Biryani rice
Water as required for boiling
2 tbsp or as per taste Salt
3 tbsp lemon juice
For Biryani topping :
Lemon juice of 4 lemons
Birista
Chopped coriander leaves
Chopped mint leaves
3 tbsp hot oil
1/2 cup milk + orange food colour mix
For Garnishing :
Tomato flower
Birista
Chopped coriander leaves
Chopped mint leaves
How to make :
1. In bowl take butter milk add curd in it mix well. Now add washed chicken pieces in it then add salt, chilly powder , tumeric powder mix all very well keep it in fridge for 12 hr or overnight .
2. After 12 hr Soak the Rice in water for 2 hr.
3. Heat the oil in pan add sliced onion fry it till birista is ready.
4. Untill then make the green paste. In Mixy jar add gg paste , green chillies , coriander leaves and mint leaves add some butter milk from marination then grind all make fine paste.
5. Now take out the marinated chicken . Add green paste , tumeric powder , coriander powder , cumin powder , suger and garam masala powder mix very well keep aside.
6. In pan or kadai add oil when oil is heated add dried Indian spices fry for 1 min now add onion birista ( take out some birista for topping and garnishing ) , chopped tomatoes mix well cook for 5 min on medium flame. Now add marinated chicken mix well add chilly powder and salt as per taste mix well close lid cook for 5 min on medium heat. Open lid cook till all water reduced from it on medium flame then switch off the flame.
7. Now In big vessel add water then add the salt and lemon juice mix well boil it. When water is start boiling add soaked rice cook it 50 percent then drain the water from it.
8. Now it's topping time . In big vessel spread half rice, on rice spread gravy add birista chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves on it and sprinkle half lemon juice .
Now spread another rice part then spread birista chopped leaves , lemon juice , hot oil and milk . Close the lid and cook till Biryani cooked very well.
9. For Garnishing take out the Biryani in plate spread birista and leaves on top . Keep tomato flower on top serve hot.
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