Recipe for Chicken Biriyani

chicken_biriyani_recipe.md

Lets assume we're gonna cook for 3 people.

Things to buy

• 500 to 600 grams of chicken which is mediumly cut
• India gate basmati rice
• 250 ml of Curd(Should be thick so go for milky mist cup or some other brand)
• Garam masala
• Biriyani masala
• Red chilli powder
• Turmeric powder
• Ginger Garlic paste
• Cloves
• Cinnamon
• Bay leaves
• Cardamom
• Star Anise
• 1 lemon
• 2 medium sized Onions
• 2 medium sized Tomatoes
• 4 green chillies
• 8 - 10 Mint leaf stems
• 10 - 12 corriander leaf stems

Preparation

Marinate the chicken

• Wash chicken
• Add 1 tbsp garam masala
• Add 1 tbsp or less red chilli powder
• Add 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• Squeese one lemon
• Add 1 tbsp oil
• Mix it well
• Keep it in fridge if you have one otherwise skip
• Wait for 30 to 45 minutes

Soak basmati rice

• Take 2 glasses of basmati rice(To eat sufficiently it can be lesser)
• Wash the rice
• Soak it in the water for only 30 minutes (I usually do this before i start cooking)

Cut vegetables

• Wash green chillies, tomatoes, corriander and mint leaves
• Take two onions and cut into very thin slices
• Take two tomatoes and cut into very thin slices
• Pluck the leaves from corriander stems
• Take the mint leaves and cut the root of the stems little and then chop it into tiny pieces

Cooking steps

Important: Don't take your eye off from the cooker to ensure its not over heated.

• Keep cooker on your stove with medium heat or little higher
• Pour 3 tbsp of oil
• Add onions
• Add 1/2 a tbsp of red chilli powder
• Add one tbsp of salt
• Fry it close to 15 minutes with medium heat(Onions will shrink to half of its original size)
• Add 1/2 a tbsp of ginger garlic paste
• Fry it until you don't get the smell of ginger garlic
• Add tomatoes
• Fry it until it becomes like a paste(Keep in mind tomatoes should not be raw)
• Add 2 tbsp of biriyani masala
• Add corriander leaves
• Add mint leaves
• Add 250 ml of curd
• Fry it for a minute
• Add the marinated chicken now
• Keep the stove at medium heat(If electric stove put it in curry mode at 600 or so)
• Add a glass of water
• Now boil it for 7 minutes(To ensure chicken cooked well with masala)
• Now separate water from soaked rice and add it
• Add one and half glass of water
• Keep the temperature little higher than medium
• Close the lid and wait for one whistle
• After the whistle, switch of the stove wait for 10 minutes

Enjoy your Biriyani