Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani
From smithsmile 13 years ago
- 40 mins to make
- Serves 5-6
A true treat for all your 5 senses.A Rich dish,Traditional Hyderabadi Biryani comes from the deccani region of India,It is usually served with Mirchi ka Salan(a gravy dish made of mild green chillies) and yoghurt chutney. Read more The list of ingredients may seem too long but then such dishes are not made in a hurry,Use only the finest & freshest ingredients&assemble all the ingredients together before beginning to make your job easier and the results i assure you will be truly worth it.Tried & Tested Recipe. See less
Ingredients
- 1kg-chicken shopping list
- For the Marinade: shopping list
- yoghurt thick & well beaten-1cup shopping list
- green chillies chopped-2-4(can adjust acc to taste) shopping list
- mint leaves-1/2cup shopping list
- ginger garlic paste-3tbsp shopping list
- turmeric powder-1/2tsp shopping list
- whole blaack pepper-1tsp shopping list
- Black cumin-1-tsp shopping list
- red chilli powder-1/2tbsp(can be reduced acc. to taste) shopping list
- salt- to taste(around 1tbsp) shopping list
- coriander powder-2tsp shopping list
- cumin powder-1tsp shopping list
- bay leaves-2 shopping list
- Black cardamom whole-2pieces shopping list
- Green cardamam-5-6 shopping list
- cloves-5-6 shopping list
- mace-3 shopping list
- cinnamon-2 med sticks shopping list
- onions sliced fine & deep fried to golden brown-2 medium sized shopping list
- ghee/clarified butter/oil-1cup shopping list
- For the Rice: shopping list
- basmati rice -800gms shopping list
- green cardamom-2 shopping list
- cinnamon -1'stick shopping list
- cloves-3 shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
- saffron heated for 5secs over a flameon a tbsp shopping list
- & then mixed in 1/4cup of warm milk- 8-10 strands shopping list
- roasted nuts like almonds & cashews-10gms shopping list
How to make it
- 1.Marinate the Chicken with the ingredients listed for marinade,mix well and keep aside for about 1/2 an hour.
- 2.Boil the water for Rice along with all the spices listed under For Rice.
- 3.Add salt to the boiling water and taste it,It shouldnt be too salty.It should bejust right
- 4.Cook the Rice till its 1/2 done.That is it breaks when you put some pressure to it,but it still looks hard and undercooked.Turn off the flame.
- 5.Drain out all the water. Spread out the Rice on a large Flat PlateNow to half of this rice mix the saffron soaked milk
- 6.In a wok or a kadhai,cook the chickentill its just done.Do not add any extra oil.
- 7.Then in a deep vessel layer the chicken and rice alternatively.Make sure that the Chicken is at the bottom,white rice in the middle and the Saffron mixed Rice is at the top.Sprinkle the nuts.Cover with a tight lid.seal it with sone dough on all sides,or else put some weight on the lid and let it slow cook on dum(pressure)for 30mins,Of which the first 5 mins @ high flame 15 mins @ medium flame and 10 mins on a low flame.
Putting together ingredients for the marinade
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Cooking the Chicken
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Mixing saffron with half of the Rice
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Layering the Biryani.Chicken @ the bottom,White rice in the middle and finally the saffron mixed rice @ the top
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Cover tightly with Foil or seal the lid with dough.Make sure that steam does NOT escape from the pot.
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Cover tightly & cook for 30 mins over a slow flame.Do not hurry.
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After 30-40 mins.Voila!Delicious Chicken Biryani is ready.
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