Chicken Biryani

Zainab Murtaza
Zainab Murtaza @zainabmurtaza

My mother's signature dish! You must give it a try. You're surely gonna love it!

Chicken Biryani

My mother's signature dish! You must give it a try. You're surely gonna love it!

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Ingredients

1 hr 15 mins
8-9 people
  1. for rice
  2. 1 kgBoiled Rice
  3. 1/2 tspsalt
  4. for chicken
  5. 1/2 kgChicken
  6. 1 tspSalt
  7. 2 tspCrushed Red Chillies
  8. 1 tspGaram Masala
  9. 1 cupyogurt
  10. 1 packetshan biryani masala
  11. 2 Onion (chopped)
  12. 4-5Tomato (chopped)
  13. 4-5Green chillies (chopped)
  14. 3-4 ClovesCrushed Garlic (
  15. 3-4Lemon (cut into horizontal thin slices)

Cooking Instructions

1 hr 15 mins
  1. 1

    Cut the above-mentioned vegetables as shown

  2. 2

    Take 3-4 tbsp of oil. Add onion and fry till it turns light golden.

  3. 3

    Add the chicken. Cook till it turns white. Add crushed red chillies, salt, garam masala and mix.

  4. 4

    Add tomatoes and green chillies. After cooking for about 3-4 minutes. Add shan biryani masala in a well stir bowl of yogurt. Add this yogurt mixture to your chicken.

  5. 5

    Cook it well for 3-4 minutes.

  6. 6

    Meanwhile you probably have boiled your rice with 1/2 tsp salt. Better to add less salt as it is already present in chicken and biryani masala.

  7. 7

    Now in another pot, add a layer of rice. Put about 1/3rd of the cooked chicken, lemon as shown. Add orange colour. Then repeat the process making three such layers as shown.

  8. 8

    Add colour. Cover it thoroughly. And leave it to be cooked on extremely low flame for about 10 to 12 minutes.

  9. 9

    Open the lid after 10-12 minutes, mix lightly. And your biryani is ready to serve.

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