Tiranga Chicken Biryani

Name: Tiranga Chicken Biryani
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms chicken; 250 gms Basmati rice; 1 small onion paste; 2 medium onions sliced finely; 2 tbsp ghee; 3 tbsp refined oil; 1 tbsp ginger paste; 1/2 tsp garlic paste; 1 tbsp Shahi Biryani Masala; 2 bay leaves; 4-5 cloves; 4 cardamoms; 1 small stick cinnamon; 1 tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp curd; 2 drops mitha attar; 1/4 th tsp red chilli powder; 1 tbsp chopped coriander; 1 tbsp grated carrot; 2 green chillies chopped finely; 2 potatoes quartered; 3 eggs boiled; 1 pinch orange red food colour; Few strands saffron soaked in milk

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Chicken Biryani is a traditional Hyderabadi cuisine but famous also in South Asian countries.Different regions have variety of preparations with various ingredients.Here a simplified technique is used layering the chicken and finally microwaving then garnishing in 3 parts to get a Tiranga effect.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

500 gmschicken
250 gmsBasmati rice
1small onion paste
2medium onions sliced finely
2 tbspghee
3 tbsprefined oil
1 tbspginger paste
1/2 tspgarlic paste
1 tbspShahi Biryani Masala
2bay leaves
4-5cloves
4cardamoms
1small stick cinnamon
1 tspblack pepper
2 tbspcurd
2 dropsmitha attar
1/4th tsp red chilli powder
1 tbspchopped coriander
1 tbspgrated carrot
2green chillies chopped finely
2potatoes quartered
3eggs boiled
1 pinchorange red food colour
Fewstrands saffron soaked in milk

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Steps

1

Make a paste of 1 onion,ginger garlic paste,curd and marinate chicken with it for an hour.Boil eggs and potatoes separately and set aside.Heat oil and fry sliced onions sprinkling little sugar and salt so that they become crispy brown. In the remaining oil fry the boiled eggs and potatoes smearing little salt.Add red chilli powder,biryani masala to the chicken and pressure cook 2 whistles.Dry up any liquid left in chicken.
2

Heat remaining oil and sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala.Add the chicken with masalas.Add the fried eggs and potatoes and toss.Meanwhile boil rice with little salt and 2 bay leaves.Rice should be only 80% cooked.Drain water and set aside.Heat ghee in a microsafe bowl and spread a layer of rice.Add chicken and eggs and a portion of crispy fried onion.Add remaining rice in 3 strips.One orange with grated carrot and food colour.One white and other green with chopped coriander.
3

Sprinkle black pepper,mitha attar and saffron milk and microwave 3 minutes.Toss lightly and microwave 2 minutes.Serve with raita of your choice.