Butter Chicken Biryani

Name: Butter Chicken Biryani
Total time: 4200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 kg Chicken pieces; 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste; 1 tsp Tandoori masala; 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder; 1 tsp Chicken masala powder; 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 1/4 cup Hung Curd; 1 tsp Red chilli powder; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 3 Chopped Onion; 2 Tomatoes; 1 stick Cinnamon; 4 White Pepper; 2 Green cardamom; 1 Black Cardamom; 1/4 cup Cashew Nuts; 1/2 cup Curd; 3 cup Basmati Rice; 3-4 Peppercorns; 3-4 Cloves; 1 small stick Cinnamon; 2 Cardamom; 8 cup Water; 1 tsp Salt; 1/2 cup Milk; 1/2 cup Rose water; 1 pinch saffron; 2 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped; 2 tbsp Ghee

Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

Jamshedpur

#eid24
Butter chicken biryani is an excellent fusion of creamy butter chicken and majestic biryani. This biryani has a proper butter chicken base, cooked and layered with fried onions, garnished with coriander and roasted cashews and flavoured with whole masalas and saffron.

Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

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Ingredients

1hr 10 minutes

4 servings

For Marination
1 kgChicken pieces
2 tbspGinger garlic paste
1 tspTandoori masala
1/2 tspGaram masala powder
1 tspChicken masala powder
1 tspTurmeric powder
1/4 cupHung Curd
1 tspRed chilli powder
1 tspSalt
1 tbspLemon juice
For Gravy
3Chopped Onion
2Tomatoes
1 stickCinnamon
4White Pepper
2Green cardamom
1Black Cardamom
1/4 cupCashew Nuts
1/2 cupCurd
For rice
3 cupBasmati Rice
3-4Peppercorns
3-4Cloves
1small stick Cinnamon
2Cardamom
8 cupWater
1 tspSalt
For Biryani
1/2 cupMilk
1/2 cupRose water
1 pinchsaffron
2 tbspCoriander leaves chopped
2 tbspGhee
2 tbspCream
3Green chilies

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Steps

1hr 10 minutes

1

Marinate the chicken with ginger garlic paste, garam masala, tandoori masala, curd, red chilli powder, salt, oil, lemon juice and turmeric powder. Keep it aside for 3-4 hours.
2

Heat butter in a pan and fry the chicken pieces for about 5 minutes.
3

Now in a separate pan, add oil and onion. Fry until golden brown.
4

Keep some amount of onions aside as it will be used as garnishing in the end.
5

Blend cashews, tomatoes and fried onions with curd.
6

In a thick bottom pan, heat butter and add whole garam masala, including cardamom, cinnamon stick, cloves and peppercorn. Let splutter.
7

Add cashew paste and leftover marinade and fry until oil separates.
8

Now add salt, red chilli powder, coriander powder and cookfor a minute.
9

Now add fried chicken pieces and mix well, cook for 7-10 minutes, adjust the gravy and off the gas.
10

Garnish with coriander leaves and here your butter chicken is ready to assemble into Butter chicken biryani.
11

Take ¼th of butter chicken, put in a small pan, add cream and cook again for 2-3 minutes. Keep aside.
12

Now for rice, Soak rice for 30-40 minutes. In a large deep pan boil water with salt.
13

Add whole garam masala in the boiling water and add soaked rice. Cook until the rice is 3/4th done.
14

To assemble chicken biryani, Add the boiled rice on the top of the Butter chicken gravy.
15

Add ghee, roasted cashews and sprinkle some coriander leaves, sliced tomatoes, saffron milk, sliced tomatoes and fried onions. Cover the pan for 20 minutes.
16

Open the lid and mix carefully, transfer in serving dish, top with some butter chicken and cream.
17

Serve hot with a delicious bowl of burani raita and salad.