Chicken biryani

ChrisBub
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.

Chicken biryani

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 1/2 kgchicken
  2. 500 mlsour milk
  3. 1onion
  4. 3green chillies
  5. 9curry leaves
  6. 1 bunchmint
  7. 1 bunchcoriander
  8. 1 bunchthyme
  9. 2red chillies
  10. 2grated tomatoes
  11. 3 cupwhite rice
  12. 1/2 cupblack lentils (masoor)
  13. 5halved potatoes
  14. 2 tspcrushed ginger and garlic
  15. 50 gramsbreyani mix
  16. 3 tbspgood masala
  17. 1rough salt
  18. 1egg yellow food colouring
  19. 1 tsptumeric powder

Cooking Instructions

2 hours
  1. 1

    Piece and skin chicken as desired.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    Marinate chicken with the sour milk blend.

  4. 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. 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. 6

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

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    Braise for 45 minutes.

  9. 9

    Add rice and lentils, mix well.

  10. 10

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

  11. 11

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

  12. 12

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

  13. 13

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

  14. 14

    Serve with dhall and a sour milk salad.

  15. 15

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

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