Kolkata style Chicken Biryani

Name: Kolkata style Chicken Biryani
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For rice preparation..; 300 gm Basmati rice; 1 Cinnamon stick; 4 Cloves; 2 Green cardamom; 1 Star anise; 1 Jayatri; 1 tsp Lemon juice; to taste Salt; For chicken preparation..; 1/2 kg Chicken; 50 gm Curd; 3 tsp ginger garlic paste; 1 big size chopped onion; 3 tsp turmeric powder; 2 tsp Red chilli powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 bowl Birista (fried onion); 3 Eggs; 3 Boiled & fried potato; 1 drop Meetha aatar; 1 tsp Rose water; 1 tsp keora water; 1/2 cup Ghee; To taste Salt; 4 tbsp oil; 1 cup wheat flour for coating the pan

Brishti Ghosh @cook_9046364

mumbai

#Biryani recipes..
Mughlai chicken biryani is usually cooked with rice, yogurt,herbs & chicken.But Kolkata biryani generally serve with potato & eggs.It's a speciality of Kolkata biryani.

Brishti Ghosh @cook_9046364

mumbai

#Biryani recipes..
Mughlai chicken biryani is usually cooked with rice, yogurt,herbs & chicken.But Kolkata biryani generally serve with potato & eggs.It's a speciality of Kolkata biryani.

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Ingredients

60 mins

3 servings

For rice preparation..
300 gmBasmati rice
1Cinnamon stick
4Cloves
2Green cardamom
1Star anise
1Jayatri
1 tsp Lemon juice
to tasteSalt
For chicken preparation..
1/2 kgChicken
50 gmCurd
3 tsp ginger garlic paste
1big size chopped onion
3 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp Red chilli powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 bowlBirista (fried onion)
3Eggs
3Boiled & fried potato
1 dropMeetha aatar
1 tsp Rose water
1 tsp keora water
1/2 cupGhee
To tasteSalt
4 tbsp oil
1 cupwheat flour for coating the pan

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Steps

60 mins

1

Overnight marinate the chicken with salt,ginger garlic paste,3tspn oil, curd,red chilli, turmeric, cumin& coriander powder.
2

Soak rice in water for 15 mins & then boil it with salt, lemon juice,star anise, cinnamon stick, jayatri, cardamom & cloves.
3

Heat oil, add salt & red chilli powder & fry eggs & potatoes in it.
4

After fry take out from oil.
5

Add chopped onion & ginger garluc paste in the same oil & saute it for a while.
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Add all spices.
7

Add marinated chicken & mix it well with spices.Add some hot water.Cover it & let it cook till boil.
8

Add boiled & fried eggs & potatoes in it to mix with spices.When spices mix with it properly, take out eggs & potatoes from gravy.
9

Now assembling time.Take a heavy bottomed vessel.Put cooked chicken in it.
10

Place one layer of half cooked rice on it.
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Add biryani masala, ghee, birista, fried eggs & potatoes over it.
12

Cover this layer with rice again.Sprinkle saffron mix milk, rose water, keora water & meethi aatar.Make a wheat dough mixing with water.Cover the vessel with lid & seal it with the wheat dough.
13

Cook it in low flame for at least 20 mins & then switch off the flame.Keep rest for another 15 mins.
14

After that take a plate & serve it with salad & raita.