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Spicy Chicken Biryani

Uzma Syed
Uzma Syed @syed786
Allahabad

#CA26
#week6
My late mother's all time favourite dish is chicken biryani and I have prepared it for her because she loved it. Whenever I cooked biryani I missed her a lot.

#CA26
#week6
My late mother's all time favourite dish is chicken biryani and I have prepared it for her because she loved it. Whenever I cooked biryani I missed her a lot.

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Spicy Chicken Biryani

Uzma Syed
Uzma Syed @syed786
Allahabad

#CA26
#week6
My late mother's all time favourite dish is chicken biryani and I have prepared it for her because she loved it. Whenever I cooked biryani I missed her a lot.

#CA26
#week6
My late mother's all time favourite dish is chicken biryani and I have prepared it for her because she loved it. Whenever I cooked biryani I missed her a lot.

Read more
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Ingredients

40-50 minutes
6-7 servings
  • For chicken marination:-
  • 1 kgchicken
  • 100 gmcurd
  • 1 tspginger paste
  • 1 tspgarlic paste
  • 1 tspred Chilli powder
  • 1 tspcumin powder
  • 1 tspcoriander powder
  • 1/2 tspturmeric powder
  • 1/2 tspgaram masala powder
  • 1 tspchat masala
  • 1/2lemon juice
  • 1 tspsalt
  • leavesSome mint and coriander
  • For gravy:-
  • 3big onion cut into thin slices
  • 1 tbspcrushed garlic
  • 1 tbspcrushed ginger
  • 1 tbspgreen Chilli coarsely grind
  • 1/2 cuptomato puree
  • 1 inchcinnamon, 3-4 cloves, 1piece mace,4green cardamom, 2black cardamom 2bay leaves
  • 1 tspcaraway seeds, 1 star anise
  • 1 tspsalt
  • 1 tspred chilli powder
  • 1.5 tspbiryani masala
  • 1 cupoil
  • For biryani masala
  • 1 tspcumin seeds
  • 1/2 tbspfennel seeds
  • 8-10green cardamom
  • 6-7cloves
  • 1 tspmace
  • 1/4 piecenutmeg
  • 2 stickscinnamon
  • For Rice preparation:-
  • 1 kgSella biryani rice
  • 4 tspsalt
  • 6-7green chillies
  • 1 tspcumin seeds
  • 1bay leaf
  • 2green cardamom
  • 1 tspoil
  • For assembling biryani:-
  • 1/4 tsporange food colour mix with 1 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsplemon juice
  • 2 tspkewra water
  • leavesSome mint and coriander
  • 1 tbspghee
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Steps

40-50 minutes
  1. 1

    First clean and wash the chicken,keep in a strainer to remove extra water. In a mixing bowl add ginger garlic- paste, all powder spices mention above under chicken marination, add curd and mint and coriander leaves.

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  2. 2

    Add chicken pieces.mix and coated well. Keep in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. If you have no more time than marinate for 30 minute.

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  3. 3

    Meanwhile the chicken get marinated we prepared biryani masala. For this take all spices mention above for biryani masala add them in a grinding jar and grind them.
    Cut the onions in slices,crushed the garlic, ginger and green chillies,make puree of one big tomato.

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  4. 4

    First we fry the onions so take a vessel add oil when oil heat up add onion slices. Fry them on medium flame till they turn golden brown. Transfer in a plate. Keep aside.

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  5. 5

    In the same oil,add whole spices,saute 30 seconds,add crushed ginger, garlic and green Chilli. Saute 1 minute.

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  6. 6

    Add tomato puree,salt and red Chilli powder. Add 3tbsp of fried onions. mix it,add 2tbsp water cover and cook for 3-4 minutes on medium flame. Stir occasionally.

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  7. 7

    When the masala cooks well and oil comes on the surface add marinated chicken. Mix and cook on high flame for 5-6 minutes. Turn the flame medium and cover the lid, cook for 15-20 minutes until chicken cook.

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  8. 8

    Meanwhile chicken has cooked in a big vessel add 7-8 glass of water add soaked rice, salt,green chillies,and whole spices,add 1 tsp oil and let it a good boil. Cook the rice till it done 90%. Strain the water and rinse under running water. Keep aside.

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    A picture of step 8 of Spicy Chicken Biryani.
  9. 9

    Check the chicken it has cooked now add prepared biryani masala mix and turn off the flame.
    Now it's time to layering the bieyani so take out the half quantity of chicken in another bowl.

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  10. 10

    Add the half quantity of rice on the chicken add some food colour and kewra water.

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  11. 11

    Sprinkle some fried onion on top then add the layer of remaining chicken and again make a layer of rice.

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  12. 12

    Add food colour, spread mint and coriander leaves,lemon juice and ghee.

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    A picture of step 12 of Spicy Chicken Biryani.
  13. 13

    Place a towel or cotton cloth over the vessel then cover the lid. Cook.on simmer for 10 minutes. Turn off the flame and leave it for 30 minutes

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  14. 14

    Open the lid the aromatic spicy bieyani is ready. Mix gently then served with your favourite raita

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Uzma Syed
Uzma Syed @syed786
on May 06, 2026 14:47
Allahabad
I love cooking.I am a teacher and life is too much busy and hettick but cooking is the only thing which doesn't make me tired or bored. I enjoy cooking and always try to learn new things. when I joined cookpad I got much energy and cookpad helps me to represent myself as a better homecook.
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