Easy Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani

Name: Easy Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms Chicken; 1 kg Basmati rice; 100 gms Curd; 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste; Handful Mint leaves; to taste Salt; 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli powder; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Coriander powder; 2 Green chillies; 2 Cloves; 1/2 inch Cinnamon stick; 1 Elaichi/Cardamom; 1 tsp Cumin seeds; as needed Oil; 3 Onions large; 1 tsp Tamarind; 3 Tomatoes large; 2 Green Chillies; 2 tbsp Curd; 2 tsp Red Chilli powder; 1 tsp Coriander powder; 1 tsp Garam masala; 1/2 tsp Chaat masala; 1/2 tsp Pudina/mint powder; handful Mint leaves; 4 tsp coriander leaves; as needed Fried onions

Vaishali Gatlewar @CookwithVaishu

A classic Mughalai dish, Biryani is an aromatic delight loved by all. This dum biryani recipe is a sumptuous chicken biryani that is cooked with utmost precision that you are bound to make this dish again and again to relish the delicate flavours. A quick and easy homemade biryani is something you cannot escape.

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Ingredients

1 hr 30 mins

4 servings

500 gmsChicken
1 kgBasmati rice
100 gmsCurd
1 tbspGinger garlic paste
HandfulMint leaves
to tasteSalt
1 tspKashmiri Red Chilli powder
1 tspCumin powder
1 tspCoriander powder
2Green chillies
2Cloves
1/2 inchCinnamon stick
1Elaichi/Cardamom
1 tspCumin seeds
as neededOil
3Onions large
1 tspTamarind
3Tomatoes large
2Green Chillies
2 tbspCurd
2 tspRed Chilli powder
1 tspCoriander powder
1 tspGaram masala
1/2 tspChaat masala
1/2 tspPudina/mint powder
handfulMint leaves
4 tsp coriander leaves
as neededFried onions

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Steps

1 hr 30 mins

1

Take 500 gms Chicken pieces washed and (cleaned). Add a tsp of salt,ginger garlic paste,turmeric coriander powder,cumin powder, Red Chilli powder and hung Curd.
2

Massage well and marinate for at least 6 hours.
3

Soak long grained Basmati Rice for an hour.Fill a deep vessel with water. Add 2 green chillies,elaichi, cinnamon,cumin,cloves,salt and soaked basmati rice to it until it's 70% cooked.
4

Once it's cooked remove the cooked rice on a plate and keep aside to dry.
5

Now gather all other spices including cinnamon,cloves, cumin etc along with other powdered masalas.
6

Finely chop 4 onions,2 tomatoes and slit 2 green chillies.
7

Coarsely grind all whole spices. Heat a deep pan or a Biryani pot. Add 1/2 cup oil and saute the ground spices in it for 2 minutes.
8

Add cashews, bay leaves,green chillies, onions,tomatoes,ginger garlic paste and cook until the raw smell goes off.
9

Once the raw smell goes off add other spices and powders and saute for few minutes.
10

Add 2 tbsp of hung Curd to add some tanginess. Lastly add some salt and mix again. Now add the marinated chicken to it
11

Cover and cook on low flame for 15-20 mins on low flame until the chicken is cooked well.
12

Remove the lid after 20 mins.Add an inch of soaked tamarind and a generous amount of mint leaves.
13

Add fried onions and fresh coriander and cook until the gravy thickens.
14

Once the gravy dries up and thickens start layering. First spread a later of chicken then rice on top and then fried onions and mint.
15

Repeat layering until it reaches the top of the pot. Finally add a dash of saffron milk or food color to give it a restaurant style look.
16

Homemade, easy and quick Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani in a pot is ready to be served.
17

Serve it hot with raita or salan.