Chicken Biryani Recipe

Step 1:

You will need:

• Basmati rice - 2 cups
• Chicken - 1 lb (chopped into medium size pieces)
• Garlic pods - 12 nos
• Ginger - 1 inch
• Green chillies - 8 nos
• Onions(medium) - 4 nos
• Tomatoes - 2 nos
  
• Cinnamon(Karugapatta) - 1 small stick
• Cloves(Grambu) - 5 nos
• Garam masala - 2 tbsp
• Biriyani masala - 2 tbsp
  
• Salt - As reqd
• some cashews and raisins
  
• oil or ghee 3 tbsp
  

For marinade:-

• Black pepper - 1 tsp
• Chilly powder - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
• Ginger(minced) - 1 tsp
  
• Garlic pods(big) - 7 nos
• Vineger - 2 tbsp

Step 2:

Marinate

Mix together the ingredients for marination along with chicken in a bowl. Refrigerate it for 6 hours.

Soak the rice in water and keep aside for 2 hours.

Step 3:

Start frying

Put a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Add 1 tbsp of ghee or vegetable oil.


Step 4:

Chop

Peel and finely chop onions, then tomatoes.

Step 5:

Grind

Grind together the rest of garlic,ginger and green chillies and keep it aside.

Step 6:

Get started

Heat a tbsp of oil in a pressure cooker and saute the onions. When its half done add cloves and cinnamon to it and continue to saute. Then add ground mixture of ginger, garlic and green chillies. After that add chopped tomatoes and cover with a lid for 2 mins. Then add marinated chicken and saute it for 5 mins.

step 7:

Add the ingredients

Add garam masala and biriyani masala and saute it for 3 mins then add 4 cups of water and add rice to it and pressure cook it for 2 whistles.

Step 8:

Garnishing

Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves,fried cashews and fried raisins.