Chicken Tikka Biryani

Name: Chicken Tikka Biryani
Total time: 4800 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 kg Boneless Chicken; 1 cup Yogurt; 1 tbsp Ginger paste; 1 tbsp Garlic paste; 2 tbsp Tandoori masala; 1 tsp Red chili powder; 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Lemon juice; 1/4 tsp Orange food color; 1 tbsp Oil; to taste Salt; 1 Onion, sliced; 1 Onion, finely chopped; 1 Tomato, finely chopped; 1/4 cup Yogurt, whipped; 1/2 tsp Ginger paste; 1/2 tsp Garlic paste; 1 tsp Cumin seeds; 1 Green Chili, finely chopped; 1 tsp Red chili powder; 2 Cardamom pods; 1 inch Cinnamon; 2 Cloves; 1 tsp Garam masala powder; 1/2 tsp Coriander powder; as required Oil for deep frying; 2 tbsp Ghee; as required Few Fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped; strands Few Saffron; 2 tbsp Milk

Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

Jamshedpur

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Chicken Tikka Biryani Recipe is the famous Indian delicacy of Punjabi Cuisine. Boneless Chicken is marinated in spicy mix of Yogurt and Spices, then cooked in the oven for making delicious homemade Tikka and finally mixed with Gravy and Long Grained Basmati Rice.

Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

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Ingredients

1 hr 20 minutes

6 servings

For Chicken Tikka
1 kgBoneless Chicken
1 cupYogurt
1 tbspGinger paste
1 tbspGarlic paste
2 tbspTandoori masala
1 tspRed chili powder
1/4 teaspoonTurmeric powder
1 tspLemon juice
1/4 tspOrange food color
1 tbspOil
to tasteSalt
For Gravy
1Onion, sliced
1Onion, finely chopped
1Tomato, finely chopped
1/4 cupYogurt, whipped
1/2 tspGinger paste
1/2 tspGarlic paste
1 tspCumin seeds
1Green Chili, finely chopped
1 tspRed chili powder
2Cardamom pods
1 inchCinnamon
2Cloves
1 tspGaram masala powder
1/2 tspCoriander powder
as required Oil for deep frying
2 tbspGhee
For Biryani
as requiredFew Fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped
strandsFew Saffron
2 tbspMilk
1 tspKewda essence
6-8Fried Cashews
For Rice
4 cupslong grain Basmati rice
1/2 tspCumin seeds
1Bay leaf
to tasteSalt
7 cupsWater

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Steps

1 hr 20 minutes

1

Rinse the chicken pieces very well in running water and keep aside.
2

Take a big bowl and mix yogurt, ginger paste, garlic paste, tandoori masala, red chili powder, turmeric powder, lemon juice, 1 tbsp oil, orange food color and salt to taste. Add washed chicken pieces and mix all the ingredients very well.
3

Refrigerate covered preferably overnight for best results.
4

Take out the chicken from the refrigerator and bring it on room temperature, mix again.
5

Brush oil on skewers and thread the chicken pieces in it.
6

Place the chicken skewers on to the grill and grill the chicken tikka’s for about 30 minutes.
7

Take out the chicken pieces from the oven and keep aside. Keep the marinade masala aside.
8

Heat oil in a frying pan and deep fry 1 sliced onion on medium high flame for 3-4 minutes, till onion is medium browned.
9

Drain the Brown Onions on paper napkins and keep aside, also soak few saffron strands in 2 tbsp milk and keep aside.
10

For rice, rinse basmati rice in running water and soak them for about 20 minutes.
11

Bring 7 cups of water on boils, add soaked rice, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, lemon juice, 1 bay leaf and some salt.
12

Cook till the rice are about 3/4 done, remove and strain all the water.
13

For gravy, heat 2 tablespoon of oil in another pan and add whole spices, 2 cardamom pods, 1 inch cinnamon, 2-3 black peppercorns and 2 cloves.
14

Add 1/2 teaspoon ginger paste and 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste. Stir fry, till the raw flavor goes away, and then add 1 finely chopped green chili and 1 finely chopped onion.
15

Add chopped tomato, cook till tomato turns little mushy. Stir in 1/4 cup of fresh and whipped yogurt.
16

Also add red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt tot taste. Cook continue for 2 minutes and then stir in half of the fried brown onions
17

Cook together until the oil is released from the sides and then add reserved marinade, cook until the gravy thick and cooked through.
18

Add about 1/2 cup of water, reduce the heat to low and then gently add the grilled chicken. Cover and simmer on low heat to cook the chicken through.
19

Once the chicken pieces are fully cooked, adjust the salt and spices as per your taste and keep it aside for making biryani.
20

Now for biryani, put half of the chicken tikka masala into the pan, add half of it cooked rice, then sprinkle the handful of fried onions and some chopped fresh coriander.
21

Add half of the saffron milk and kewda.
22

Again make a layer of rice and chicken to cover the masala, sprinkle fried onions.
23

Sprinkle a bit of orange color on one side, saffron milk, kewda, spread some more fried onions and chopped coriander leaves.
24

Mix it up a bit with a spoon and cover the pot tightly. Steam this on low heat for 5-6 minutes.
25

Serve hot, garnish with lemon wedges, green chillies and fried cashews and enjoy delicious chicken tikka biryani with salad.