Monday, April 2, 2012

Hyderabadi Style Chicken Biriyani 

Ingredients

4 cups Basmati Rice

1 whole Chicken cut up

Curd/Yogurt 1/2 cup

Oil to fry


Whole spices

Cloves 3

Cinnamon stick 2

Star anise 1

Cardamom 3

Bay leaf 2


 Other Ingredients

2 medium size Onions

2 Tomatoes

4 tablespoons Ginger and Garlic paste

4 green chillies

1/2 bunch of Coriander leaves

1/2 bunch of Mint leaves


 

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

2 tsp Chillie powder

2 tsp Parampara Biriyani masala or Shan Bombay Biriyani 

Cashew nuts few

 

 

METHOD:

Soak the rice in water and keep it aside.

Wash the chicken thoroughly. Add salt, chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder and curds. Make a paste of coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chillies and add it to the marinade.

Heat oil in a kadai and to it add finely sliced onions and fry till golden brown and crispy.Remove from oil keep aside, fry some cashew nuts in the same oil and keep it aside.

 In a pot /cooker add oil,add whole spices  1 onion  chopped fry till golden brown add the soaked rice, water let cook till  half done flavor with little salt !

 For the chicken gravy take a kadai or any other vessel to cook the chicken add oil, spices,add the biriyani masala  then the marinated chicken cook till all water evaporates add 1/2 salt .

Take an aluminum foil tray layer the rice with  the chicken masala topped with rice again and finally fried onions and cashews..

Garnish with cilantro leaves .

Preheat oven to 250 F for 30 min.

Piping hot Biriyani is ready to be served with some boiled eggs and raita !!   

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