Jhatphat Chicken biryani

Name: Jhatphat Chicken biryani
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 400 gms chicken - 8-9 pieces cut into normal size; 7-8 green chili (hara mirch) chopped; 6 tbs yogurt; 1 tbs ginger garlic paste; 1 tbs chili powder; 1/2 tbs zeera powder (cumin); 1/4 tbs black pepper; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1.5 tbs biryani masala; 1 tbs salt or to taste; 2 potatoes (cut into 4); 1/2 tsp zarda rung; Oil; 3 cups rice; 1/4 tsp cumin; 1 bay leaf; 1 cinnamon stick; 4-5 cloves; 4-5 peppercorns; Water; 2 tomato (slices); 4 onions (golden fried and crisp); 1 handful coriander chopped; 7-8 whole green chillies; 2 tbs zafrani kewra water; 1 tbs biryani essence; Zarda rung; 1 lemon juice

Sarosh Zeeshan @TheRecipeTeller

Ara Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia

Quick, easy aur mazaydaar biryani. Meri beti ka kehna yeh hai k jub mumma jaldiii wali jalfi biryani banatii hain to bht hi mazaydaar bunti hai. Well, thora bht yeh baat sahi bhi hai😃 to aaj aap say bhi woh jhatphat biryani hi share kar rahi hon. Made it on 2nd day of Eid, suddenly got a call from relatives that they are coming and i rushed up in the kitchen, defrost my chicken and made this beautiful looking biryani😀 . The picture has taken by someone else too 🙈

Sarosh Zeeshan @TheRecipeTeller

Ara Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia

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Ingredients

45 mins

4 persons

400 gmschicken - 8-9 pieces cut into normal size
Marination
7-8green chili (hara mirch) chopped
6 tbsyogurt
1 tbsginger garlic paste
1 tbschili powder
1/2 tbszeera powder (cumin)
1/4 tbsblack pepper
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1.5 tbsbiryani masala
1 tbssalt or to taste
2potatoes (cut into 4)
1/2 tspzarda rung
Oil
Rice:
3 cupsrice
1/4 tspcumin
1bay leaf
1cinnamon stick
4-5cloves
4-5peppercorns
Water
Assembling
2tomato (slices)
4onions (golden fried and crisp)
1 handfulcoriander chopped
7-8whole green chillies
2 tbszafrani kewra water
1 tbsbiryani essence
Zarda rung
1lemon juice

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Steps

45 mins

1

Defrost chicken, wash it and put chopped chilli, ginger garlic and yogurt.
2

Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, black pepper powder and zeera powder.
3

Add some biryani masala too. Cut potatoes into 4 and add that too with zarda rung
4

Mix it well. Drizzle oil. And mix it again. Leave it for 10-15 mins. After that put the same pot on stove on medium flame.
5

Till then boil rice and on the same time biryani curry is ready.
6

In the same pot start assembling it. Start with tomato slices, then fried onions, chopped coriander and 7-8 green chillies whole. Then put the rice on the top and add kewra water.
7

Sprinkle some zarda rung, squeeze a lemon. I always put the lemon peel leave it in the middle of the pot for more flavour and aroma.
8

Leave it for 15 mins on low flame or untill the steam comes up. Uncover it and check. Do not mix all the rice. Do it in portion.
9

Serve with raita and salad and enjoy Jhatphat Biyani.
10

I made it in 45 mins and got the compliment that quick biryani is more tastier than the usual one 😄