Chicken biryani

Name: Chicken biryani
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 kg chicken; 500 ml sour milk; 1 onion; 3 green chillies; 9 curry leaves; 1 bunch mint; 1 bunch coriander; 1 bunch thyme; 2 red chillies; 2 grated tomatoes; 3 cup white rice; 1/2 cup black lentils (masoor); 5 halved potatoes; 2 tsp crushed ginger and garlic; 50 grams breyani mix; 3 tbsp good masala; 1 rough salt; 1 egg yellow food colouring; 1 tsp tumeric powder

ChrisBub @cook_2774487

Delicious and spicy, if you dont have a passion fot chillies like me, you can cut down these ingredients. The marinade is really what gives the breyani its unique flavour.

ChrisBub @cook_2774487

Delicious and spicy, if you dont have a passion fot chillies like me, you can cut down these ingredients. The marinade is really what gives the breyani its unique flavour.

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Ingredients

2 hours

8 servings

1 1/2 kgchicken
500 mlsour milk
1onion
3green chillies
9curry leaves
1 bunchmint
1 bunchcoriander
1 bunchthyme
2red chillies
2grated tomatoes
3 cupwhite rice
1/2 cupblack lentils (masoor)
5halved potatoes
2 tspcrushed ginger and garlic
50 gramsbreyani mix
3 tbspgood masala
1rough salt
1egg yellow food colouring
1 tsptumeric powder

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Steps

2 hours

1

Piece and skin chicken as desired.
2

Blend sour milk, thyme, mint, coriander, one teaspoon of salt and 1 red chilli together. The mixture should be smooth.
3

Marinate chicken with the sour milk blend.
4

Soak rice and lentils in hot water for 2 hours. Then rinse, place in large enough pot, add 1 teaspoon of salt per cup of rice, add 1 teaspoon of tumeric powder. Fill with water until just covered. Boil until water has evaporated. Strain and keep aside.
5

In a large pot with vegetable oil, add breyani mix whole spices, sliced onion, green chillies and left over red chilli. Saute until onions are translucent.
6

Add 3 heaped tablespoons of masala, bloom for 30 seconds.
7

Add marinated chicken, tomatoes, ginger and garlic, salt to taste.
8

Braise for 45 minutes.
9

Add rice and lentils, mix well.
10

Halve and colour potatoes with egg yellow. Fry until golden. Bury potatoes in breyani pot.
11

Remove from stove and cover with foil and a damp cloth.
12

Place in oven preheated to 180°F for 1 hour or until potatoes soft.
13

The rice should be plump and soft. This will also indicate that the breyani is ready.
14

Serve with dhall and a sour milk salad.
15

For the sour milk salad, chop cucumbers, mint and coriander to the sour milk. Mix well and enjoy.