Chicken Biryani

A community recipe by Himashi

Not tested or verified by Nigella.com

Print me

Introduction

Indian Recipe. One of the best Rice Dishes.

Ingredients

Serves: 4

Metric Cups

For the Biryani

625 millilitres basmati rice
½ teaspoon turmeric
4 cloves
3 sticks cinnamon sticks
4 cardamom pods
water (as required)
1 tablespoon salt
12 fine green beans (cut into one inch length)
3 carrots (cut into one inch length)
1 pinch of salt
750 grams chicken
6 onions (vertically chopped)
3 green chillies (vertically chopped)
1 tablespoon ginger and garlic paste
1 large tomato (vertically chopped)
125 millilitres curd
½ tablespoon chilli powder
½ tablespoon fresh coriander
½ teaspoon turmeric
½ tablespoon black pepper
½ tablespoon garam masala
3 tablespoons butter / ghee

For the for Marinade

3 onions (finely vertically chopped)
10 cashew nuts
15 grapes (dried)
6 cloves
4 sticks cinnamon sticks
4 cardamom pods
oil (as required)

For the Biryani

22 fluid ounces basmati rice
½ teaspoon turmeric
4 cloves
3 sticks cinnamon sticks
4 cardamom pods
water (as required)
1 tablespoon salt
12 slender green beans (cut into one inch length)
3 carrots (cut into one inch length)
1 pinch of salt
26½ ounces chicken
6 onions (vertically chopped)
3 green chiles (vertically chopped)
1 tablespoon ginger and garlic paste
1 large tomato (vertically chopped)
4 fluid ounces curd
½ tablespoon chili powder
½ tablespoon cilantro
½ teaspoon turmeric
½ tablespoon black pepper
½ tablespoon garam masala
3 tablespoons butter / ghee

For the for Marinade

3 onions (finely vertically chopped)
10 cashew nuts
15 grapes (dried)
6 cloves
4 sticks cinnamon sticks
4 cardamom pods
oil (as required)

Method

Chicken Biryani is a community recipe submitted by Himashi and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Soak rice in water for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, drain it and put it in boiling water. Take enough water for rice.
Add Turmeric powder, cloves, cinnamon, cardamon and salt into water.
Cook rice only to half boiled.
Remove it, drain it in a strainer and keep it aside.
For chicken, saute onion and green chillies in ghee until it becomes dark brown.
Add ginger garlic paste, tomato and saute it.
Add all the powders, garam masale to it and saute it for 1 minute.
Add chicken into it and pour 1 glass water and then put enough salt also.
Replace chicken into pressure cooker.
After 1 whistle sim the stove and wait for 7 minutes.
After 7 minutes off the stove and wait for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, remove the lid. If it contains more water boil again until it has only semi gravy. Please remember this chicken gravy must be very thick.
Boil beans and carrot with little salt and drain it and keep it aside.
For marinating, fry all the contents till brown color and keep aside.
Take a big vessel and spread little rice on bottom.
Then add little vegetables on next layer and again one layer rice.
Add chicken and then next layer as rice.
Add the fried onions, cashews and grapes. Repeat the layers if you have more rice. Serve hot!

Soak rice in water for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, drain it and put it in boiling water. Take enough water for rice.
Add Turmeric powder, cloves, cinnamon, cardamon and salt into water.
Cook rice only to half boiled.
Remove it, drain it in a strainer and keep it aside.
For chicken, saute onion and green chiles in ghee until it becomes dark brown.
Add ginger garlic paste, tomato and saute it.
Add all the powders, garam masale to it and saute it for 1 minute.
Add chicken into it and pour 1 glass water and then put enough salt also.
Replace chicken into pressure cooker.
After 1 whistle sim the stove and wait for 7 minutes.
After 7 minutes off the stove and wait for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, remove the lid. If it contains more water boil again until it has only semi gravy. Please remember this chicken gravy must be very thick.
Boil beans and carrot with little salt and drain it and keep it aside.
For marinating, fry all the contents till brown color and keep aside.
Take a big vessel and spread little rice on bottom.
Then add little vegetables on next layer and again one layer rice.
Add chicken and then next layer as rice.
Add the fried onions, cashews and grapes. Repeat the layers if you have more rice. Serve hot!