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Location: india
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chicken biryani
Ingredients:
Chicken - 1kg
Basmathi rice - 3 cups
Onion -1 big size
Tomato - 1
Chillies - 5
Garlic - 1 pod
Ginger - 1 medium size
Black pepper powder - 2 tsp
Red Chilli powder - 3 tsp
Gram Masala Powder - 1 tsp
Cinnamon - 2
Black cardamom - 2
Cloves - 3
Bay leaf - 3
Coriander leaves - 1 small bunch
Milk - 1/2 cup
Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Ghee & Oil - 4 tsp
Salt to taste
chicken biryani
Method:
Clean, wash and and cut chicken into small pieces.
Coat the chicken pieces with the yogurt, mix chicken and yoghurt welll, cover and marinate the mixture containing chicken for 2 hrs.
Grind garlic, ginger, tomato and corainder bunch (grind separately).
In a cooker put the ghee & oil add cinnamon, black cardamom, cloves, bay leaves.
Sauté 2-3 minutes, then add finely chopped onions and grinded things sauté until golden brown.
Add red chili powder, salt, black pepper powder then sauté one minute.
Add marinated chicken, a few pieces at a time, and sauté, turning occasionally, to brown slightly on each side.
Once all the chicken has been browned, remove and set chicken aside.
In a separate pot, place 6 cups of water, lightly salted, and bring to a boil.
Wash the basmati rice.
Add the rice to the boiling water.
After 5 minutes, check to see if the rice is approx ½ cooked.
In a cooker arrange the ½ cooked rice on top of the cooked chicken mixture, put ghee over the rice at even intervals.
Add ½ cup of milk to the mixture containing chicken, cover tightly and cook it for 5 min.
or until rice is steamed to a perfect cook and fluffy.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve chicken biryani hot with any raita and salads.
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