Famous Matka biryani or clay pot biryani

Name: Famous Matka biryani or clay pot biryani
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8ppls
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Chicken; 3 Onion – (cut into thin, julienne slices); 3 tbsp curd – enough for frying; 2 tbs Lemon Juice; 1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder; as needed Salt; Green Chilli – (crushed); oil enough for frying; 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste; 2-4 tbsp chilli Powder; 2 Tsp Garam Masala Powder; 1 kg Basmati Rice (soaked for 20 minutes); half bunch Mint leaves – (finely chopped); half bunch Coriander leaves – (finely chopped); 1 tbsp Ghee; as needed Salt; 5 Cardamom –; 1 Star Anise; 1-inch piece Cinnamon Stick; 5 Cloves; 1 Black Cardamom; 1 Tsp Black zeera; 1 tbsp Lemon Juice; 1 pinch Saffron – (boil in 1/2 cup of milk)

Sumera Rahman @cook_19058549

Biryani is a South Asian dish which made up of rice. It is a spicy dish made with species, rice, and Chicken. Biryani is traditionally associated with the Mughlai cuisine. In Matka Chicken Biryani version where all the ingredients are placed in one pot and cooked on the stove top.

Sumera Rahman @cook_19058549

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Ingredients

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8ppls

Step 1: Marinating Chicken:
1/2 kgChicken
3 Onion – (cut into thin, julienne slices)
3 tbspcurd – enough for frying
2 tbsLemon Juice
1/4 TspTurmeric Powder
as neededSalt
Green Chilli – (crushed)
oil enough for frying
1 tbspGinger Garlic Paste
2-4 tbspchilli Powder
2 TspGaram Masala Powder
For rice
1 kgBasmati Rice (soaked for 20 minutes)
half bunch Mint leaves – (finely chopped)
half bunchCoriander leaves – (finely chopped)
1 tbspGhee
as neededSalt
5 Cardamom –
1Star Anise
1-inch pieceCinnamon Stick
5Cloves
1Black Cardamom
1 TspBlack zeera
1 tbspLemon Juice
1 pinch Saffron – (boil in 1/2 cup of milk)

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Steps

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Step 1: Cooking the Rice
Boil the water by adding all the ingredients except rice
Add the soaked rice to the boiling water
Cook till rice is 75% done (Around 10 minutes)
Time varies according to the quality of rice
Drain immediately
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Step 2: Marinating Chicken:
Add a small portion of sliced onion to the heated oil
Add a pinch of salt and fry till dark brown
Similarly, fry all the sliced onions
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Add all the ingredients to the Chicken
Add the fried onion by crushing it (save some for later use)
Oil 3 tbsp (use the remaining oil in which onion was fried)
Mix well and keep it for two hours (marinate overnight for better result)
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Step 3: Preparing Dum Biriyani
Grease a seasoned clay pot and place some tomato slices to avoid burning at the bottom.
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Now spread the marinated chicken pieces. Add a layer of rice on the top of the chicken, sprinkle some fried onions, mint and coriander leaves.
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Pour the Saffron infused milk and repeat the second layering.
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Add some fried cashews, raisins, and few lemon slices.
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Pour some ghee and seal the pot tightly with dough. You can use other utensils also follow the same steps.
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Place about 2 kg weight on the top and cook over very low flame for about 20 minutes.
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Open to enjoy the aroma…tasty and juicy Chicken Biriyani is ready.