Chicken biryani with potatoes

Name: Chicken biryani with potatoes
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 kg Chicken (bone in); 1 kg long grain Basmati rice; 3 chopped Tomatoes (big size); 3 big Onions thinly sliced and deep fried (onion beresta); 3 big Onions chopped; 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic paste; 1 cup Yoghurt; 1 1/2 cup Cooking oil(1 cup fod beresta & 1/2 cup for chicken; 1 bunch Mint leaves or Pudina; 2 tablespoon Ghee; 1 lemon(squeeze the juice); 1 pinch Saffron colour; 2 tablespoon Salt; 2 drop Biryani essence(optional); 1 packet Biryani masala; 4-5 dry Alu bukhara(prunes); 5-6 medium sized Potatoes(same size); 2-3 tablespoon oil to fry the potatoes

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

Riyadh

#riceisthebest
#AmazingBiryani
Biryani is no doubt one of the most crowd pleasing dish. Every region's biryani is little different with local touch. I am sharing a simple yet very flavorful biryani that I always make in any special occasions.

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

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Ingredients

8 servings

1 kgChicken (bone in)
1 kglong grain Basmati rice
3chopped Tomatoes (big size)
3big Onions thinly sliced and deep fried (onion beresta)
3big Onions chopped
1 tablespoonGinger-garlic paste
1 cupYoghurt
1 1/2 cup Cooking oil(1 cup fod beresta & 1/2 cup for chicken
1 bunchMint leaves or Pudina
2 tablespoonGhee
1lemon(squeeze the juice)
1 pinchSaffron colour
2 tablespoonSalt
2 dropBiryani essence(optional)
1 packetBiryani masala
4-5dry Alu bukhara(prunes)
5-6medium sized Potatoes(same size)
2-3 tablespoonoil to fry the potatoes

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Steps

1

Boil potatoes, peel the skin and cut in halves.
2

Heat 2-3 tablespoon of oil and fry the potatoes until light golden brown and keep aside.
3

Clean and soak rice in water for at least 1 hour.
4

Clean and cut chicken into little big pieces.
5

Make fried onion before starting to make biryani. You have to fry them light golden brown and crisp.
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Also chop onion and tomatoes into small pieces.
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Heat 1/2 cup of oil in a big heavy bottomed saucepan.
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Add in chopped onions and saute until soft.
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Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for a minute.
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Next add chicken pieces and stir nicely.
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After 1 minute add chopped tomatoes and fry for 3-4 minutes.
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Next add 1 packet of good quality biryani masala along with aloo bukhara and mix well to the chicken mixture.
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Fry for few minutes until tomatoes get mushy and oil starts to separate from gravy.
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Add 1 cup of beaten yoghurt and mix well.
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Add salt if necessary.
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Also add 1 cup of water, reduce the flame, cover and cook for 15 minutes or until chicken cooks completely.
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Check the gravy of the chicken curry, there should be little gravy in the chicken. Don't make them fry.
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Remove from heat and add potato pieces to the chicken gravy.
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For the rice place water in another big vessel.
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Bring to boil with 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 lemon juice. Lemon juice will help to make the rice firm and without sticky.
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Add drained rice to the boiling water and cook till rice is 70% done.
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When rice cooks 70%, remove from heat and drain in a colander.
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Clean and make some mint leaves with stem ready.
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Now place the saucepan with chicken in the gas stove with medium high heat.
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Place 1/3rd of the rice over the chicken and potatoes to make rice layer.
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Now drizzle little(1 drop) saffron colour over the rice.
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Next pour 1 teaspoon of melted ghee over the rice, then sprinkle 1 handful of fried onion.
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Over fried onion sprinkle some mint leaves with stem.
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Make the 2nd layer of rice (half of the remaining rice).
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Add in all the ingredients as 1st layer. Be generous to spread fried onion.
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Lastly spread the remaining rice. Also sprinkle the other ingredients.
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At last sprinkle only 2 drops of biryani essence. Don't add more, or it will overpower the flavour of other ingredients which we don't want.
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Take a sheet of aluminium foil, cover the saucepan and then cover with a lid.
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Keep in steam for about 20 minutes in low heat.
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After 20 minutes remove the cover, gently and very carefully stir the biryani so that rice and chicken mix together. Don't break the rice in this stage.
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Cover and again cook for 10 minutes.
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Delicious chicken biryani is ready to serve now. Serve with any kind of raita or salad.