Kolkata style Chicken Dum Biriyani

Name: Kolkata style Chicken Dum Biriyani
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 kg chopped chicken; 500 gm long grain basmati rice; 250 gm beaten yogurt(curd); 200 gm ghee; 50 gm sliced onions; 25 gm ginger paste; 25 gm garlic paste; 10 gm cloves; 10 gm cinnamon stick; 10 gm javitri(mace); 10 gm Shahi jeera; 10 gm White pepper; 5 gm jayfal(nutmeg); 4-5 Saffrons string soaked in milk; 5 ml kewra water; 50 gm mint leaves; to taste Red chilli powder; 2 tbsp oil; Salt & sugar to taste; 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 2 pinch Black pepper; 1 cup Beresta(fried onions); 2 Tomato

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

How to make chicken biriyani- Chunks of chicken , potatoes , eggs , flavourful spices & long grain basmati rice layered in a handi ,sealed & cooked to perfection.

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

How to make chicken biriyani- Chunks of chicken , potatoes , eggs , flavourful spices & long grain basmati rice layered in a handi ,sealed & cooked to perfection.

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Ingredients

1 kgchopped chicken
500 gmlong grain basmati rice
250 gmbeaten yogurt(curd)
200 gmghee
50 gmsliced onions
25 gmginger paste
25 gmgarlic paste
10 gmcloves
10 gmcinnamon stick
10 gmjavitri(mace)
10 gmShahi jeera
10 gmWhite pepper
5 gmjayfal(nutmeg)
4-5 Saffrons string soaked in milk
5 ml kewra water
50 gmmint leaves
to tasteRed chilli powder
2 tbspoil
Salt & sugar to taste
1 tspTurmeric powder
2 pinchBlack pepper
1 cupBeresta(fried onions)
2Tomato

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Steps

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To prepare this mughlai recipe take a large bowl,mix yogurt(curd) with red chilli powder,turmeric powder along with ginger & garlic paste.
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Mix all the ingredients well & add chopped chicken, salt to the mix & let the chicken marinate for about an hour.
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Heat oil in a kadai,add green cardamom, sliced onions.Then add the marinated chicken & saute the chicken well.
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Now add tomatoes, red chilli powder, ginger & garlic paste,fried potatoes & sautev them again till the oil separated.
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Cook the chicken on low-medium flame.
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Now on another burner boil water in a pan & add the whole spices.Once the water starts boiling add the soaked long grain basmati rice & cook it.
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Dry roast the biriyani masala like nutmeg, mace, sahajeera,saha marich (white pepper), green cardamom, cinnamon stick, cloves,black pepper & then grind them in a grinder.
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In a kadai heat ghee,then add salt,sugar, roated & grinded biriyani masala.Then add the boiled rice.Add kewra water.
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In a copper vessel heat ghee & then layer the cooked & fried rice,then the cooked chicken & then again the cooked biriyani masala rice.
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Now make a final layer of the garnish with mint leaves,saffon soaked in milk, kewra water & beresta (fried onions).
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Make a dough of the wheat flour & line the lid with it.Seal the copper vessel & put the vessel in a preheated oven on 180 degree centigrate for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Garnish the biriyani with boiled eggs & serve hot.
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Serve the biriyani with kachumber raita.
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