Thalassery Biryani

Name: Thalassery Biryani
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 3-4 person
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup basmati rice; 1 tsp ghee; 1 bay leaf; 2 green cardamom; 1 inch cinnamon stick; 1 star anise; 3 cloves; 2 tsp salt or as per taste; 3+ 1/4 cup water; 5 Green cardamom; 2 inch cinnamon stick; 5 cloves; 1/4 piece nutmeg; 1 piece mace; 1 staranise; 1/2 tsp pepper corns; 1 tsp caraway seeds; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 2 kashmiri red Chilli; 600 gm chicken; 4 big Onion thinly sliced; 1 tbsp garlic crushed or coarsely grind; 1 tbsp ginger crushed or coarsely grind; 1.5 tsp green chillies crushed; 3 medium size tomato; 1/4 cup curd; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; Handful mint and coriander leaves; 2 tbsp coconut milk; 2 tbsp fried onion

Uzma Syed @syed786

Allahabad

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#Kerala
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Thalassery biryani is popular dish of Kerala , served in any occasion like weddings or family gathering and famous for its unique taste and aroma. This biryani is milder, little sweet in taste and less in heat.

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Ingredients

40-50 minutes

3-4 person

For prepared rice:
2 cupbasmati rice
1 tspghee
1bay leaf
2green cardamom
1 inchcinnamon stick
1star anise
3cloves
2 tspsalt or as per taste
3+ 1/4 cup water
For making garam masala
5Green cardamom
2 inchcinnamon stick
5cloves
1/4 piecenutmeg
1 piecemace
1staranise
1/2 tsppepper corns
1 tspcaraway seeds
1 tspfennel seeds
2kashmiri red Chilli
For cook chicken:
600 gmchicken
4big Onion thinly sliced
1 tbspgarlic crushed or coarsely grind
1 tbspginger crushed or coarsely grind
1.5 tspgreen chillies crushed
3medium size tomato
1/4 cupcurd
1/2 tspturmeric powder
Handfulmint and coriander leaves
2 tbspcoconut milk
2 tbspfried onion
1 tspsalt
1/4 cupghee
For garnishing
2 tbspcashew nuts
1 tbspraisins
Few strain saffron soaked into 2 tbsp milk
leavesSome coriander and mint
Fried onion

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Steps

40-50 minutes

1

First take all whole spices mention above for making garam masala. Place into a pan and dry roast on low flame for 2-3 minutes or till they turn aromatic. Allow to cool them and make a fine powder of them.
2

Peel the onion and cut into thin slices. Take a vessel add ghee and heat up. Add 3 nos onion slices and fry them till they turn golden brown.
3

Remove from oil and keep aside.then fry cashew and raisins. Keep them aside.
4

Add remaining one onion slices fry when they started light brown add crushed ginger and garlic saute 1 minute.
5

Add crushed green Chilli saute few seconds then add chicken. Cooked on high flame for 5 minutes.keep stirring
6

Add turmeric powder and salt. Mix them. Add ground masala and chopped tomatoes. Mix it cover and cook for ten minutes on medium flame
7

Open the lid turn the flame low add whisk curd mix and cook on high flame for 2minutes. The oil has released.
8

Add mint and coriander leaves,add coconut milk and fried onion. mix and cook for 2 minutes. Now the chicken has done. Keep aside.
9

In another vessel add ghee and add whole spices,saute few seconds then add water and salt, cover the pot and let's the water boil. Then add soaked rice and Mix gently and cover it again.
10

When the rice start boiling turn the flame medium and cook the rice on medium to low flame till the rice has done. Keep I aside. Soaked the saffron into lukewarm milk for 5 minutes.
11

Take a heavy deep bottom vessel. First layer with the cooked chicken curry and spread evenly. Add second layer with half quantity of cooked rice.spread it evenly on the curry. Add some mint and coriander leaves, some fried onion.sprinkle little amount of garam masala.
12

Add 1 tbsp saffron milk then repeat the same process. Make a second layer of rice,add mint and coriander leaves, add remaining fried onion. Add fried cashew and rasins on top. Sprinkle garam masala and add saffron milk.
13

Now cover the vessel with aluminum foil, and cover with lid. Place the pot on heated tawa and cooked the biryani on low flame for 20 minutes. Then switch off the flame. Leave it for 5 minutes. Then open the lid. The biryani is ready.
14

Mix gently. Dish out and served it with raita.

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Uzma Syed @syed786

on May 02, 2025 17:32

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.