Chicken biryani

Name: Chicken biryani
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 kg chicken; 2 tsp black pepper powder; 2 tsp garam masala; 1/2 tsp turmeric power; 1/4 cup curd; to taste Salt; 2 big onions chopped; 1/4 cup tomato chopped; 1/2 cup mint leaves; 1/2 cup Coriander leaves; 5 green chilli sliced long; 2 tbsp ginger galic paste; as needed Oil; 1 tbsp Garam masala; 3 tbsp Coriander powder; 3 tbsp black Pepper powder; 1 tbsp chicken masala; 2 tsp red chilli powder; to taste Salt; 4 cup basmati rice; as needed water; 2 inch sized cinnamon stick; 2 Cloves; 1 cardamom; 1 star anise (thakkolam); 1 tbsp ghee; to taste Salt

Arya Jayachandran @aryajayan

My style kerala chicken biriyani

Arya Jayachandran @aryajayan

My style kerala chicken biriyani

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Ingredients

2 hours

5 servings

Chicken marination
1/2 kgchicken
2 tspblack pepper powder
2 tspgaram masala
1/2 tspturmeric power
1/4 cupcurd
to tasteSalt
Masala
2big onions chopped
1/4 cuptomato chopped
1/2 cupmint leaves
1/2 cupCoriander leaves
5green chilli sliced long
2 tbspginger galic paste
as neededOil
1 tbspGaram masala
3 tbspCoriander powder
3 tbspblack Pepper powder
1 tbspchicken masala
2 tspred chilli powder
to tasteSalt
For rice
4 cupbasmati rice
as neededwater
2 inchsized cinnamon stick
2Cloves
1cardamom
1star anise (thakkolam)
1 tbspghee
to tasteSalt

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Steps

2 hours

1

For marination, add all the ingredients to chicken and mix well. Keep aside for 30 minutes
2

For rice, wash the rice thoroughly. Add almost more than twice of water than the rice to a vessel and boil it. Add the rice to it and add all those ingredients in it. Allow it to cook for 25 minutes untill the rice is cooked. Drain the water and keep the rise aside.
3

For masala, in a pressure cooker, add some oil, saute the onion along with ginger garlic paste and green chilli until it becomes golden brown. Add tomato, Coriander leaves, mint leaves, all the masalas, salt and saute until brown.
4

To this mix add the chicken and mix well. Add 1/2 cup water to it.
5

Close the cooker lid and leave the chicken to cook in high flame. After 1st whistle, reduce the flame and keep again for 10 minutes. Switch off and wait till all the pressure escapes.
6

Open the lid and if you find much water, just switch on flame and cook until it is like semi gravy
7

Now add your rice to it. Add melted ghee on top. If you wish, add mint leaves, coriander leaves, fried onions, fried cashew, fried yellow raisins on top. Simply close the lid and keep aside for 10 minutes
8

You can open the lid and mix them. Biriyani is ready.