Traditional Chicken biryani layering marinated chicken and over layered with boiled rice, spices, saffron milk and ghee.
The recipe shared here in this post details a shortcut method to make a simple one delicious chicken biryani in a pot.
This chicken biryani recipe does not require any readymade biryani masala powder or spice mix.
With basic available ingredients at home, you can make the best biryani at home.
Ingredients:
For marinate chicken
- Chicken 1/2 kg
- Curd 1/2 bowl
- Mint-Ginger-Garlic paste 1 tsp
- Coriander paste 1 1/2 tsp
- Homemade garam masala 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder 1/4th tsp
- Red Chutney masala/ red chilly powder 2 1/2 tsp
- Salt as per taste
- Lemon juice 2 tsp (optional)
Recipe: (For marinating chicken process)
- Make few slits on all the chicken pieces and transfer it to large plate and wash them very well and add salt in it.
- Add Curd 1/2 bowl
- Add homemade Garam Masala
- garam masala made of spices like Coriander seeds, Cumin seeds, White sesame, Cloves, Cinnamon sticks, Cardamom, Star anise (chakriful), they are roasted and grind to make fine paste.
- Add this homemade garam masala and add Coriander powder in chicken
- Add mint-ginger-garlic paste 1 1/2 tsp
- Add turmeric powder and red chutney masala/ red chilly powder
- Mix everything well and marinate the chicken and set aside for 1/2 hour
- Meanwhile add basmati rice or regular rice, I have used regular rice rinse it at least thrice, Drain and soak in fresh water for 30 mins
- Soak pinch of saffron stands in 2 tsp in hot milk, If saffron not available in home then You can instead of use Some milk with turmeric powder. I have also use 2 tsp milk with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder .
Cooking Chicken
Ingredients:
- Thinly sliced 3 onion.
- 2 Chopped tomatoes.
- Marinated Chicken
- Turmeric powder 1/4th tsp
- Red Chutney masala / Red chilly 1 tsp or as per your requirement
Method:
- While preparing chicken you can simultaneously cook rice on other gas for time consuming.
- Heat ghee or oil in a heavy bottom pot. Make sure you use large one for this.
- Add thinly sliced onion on a medium heat and fry until uniformly light Brown.
- Add chopped tomatoes and fry until its soft.
- Add marinated chicken and saute them. Lower the flame completely . Cover and cook until the chicken is soft, tender and completely cooked.
- Check if the chicken is cooked by pricking with fork or knife. Evaporate any excess moisture left in the pot by cooking further without the cover plate.
- Check add more salt if needed and add again red chutney masala / red chilly powder, Turmeric powder.
- Saute everything.
Cooking Rice:
Ingredients:
- Oil / ghee 4 tsp
- Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds 1 1/2 tsp
- Cloves 5-6
- Black paper 3-4
- Water
- Salt
- Soaked rice
You can add any spices, if you want.
- While preparing chicken you can simultaneously cook rice on the other gas for time consuming.
- Heat Ghee or oil in vessel, Oil is enough hot, Add Mustard seeds and Cumin seeds , they are starts crackle then add water and salt
- Add some spices, I have add cloves 4-5 and black paper 3-4
- When the water starts to boil, Add soaked rice and cook for 5-6 mins (half cook) and turn off the heat
Cooking Biryani:
Ingredients:
- 1st layer of cooked marinated chicken
- 2nd layer of Half cooked rice
- Turmeric milk
- Fried onion (optional)
- 3rd layer again remaining half cooked rice
- Fried onion
- Turmeric milk
Method:
- Chicken is cooked and other side Rice is also half cooked ready for biryani.
- Guys, Both chicken and rice are cooked by me.
- If you fail to make both process at a time, then you can 1st cook chicken and then cook rice.
- The half cooked rice add over into cooked marinated chicken
- Fried onion sprinkle over this but I have not used fried onion and turmeric milk pour by spoon spotted on rice it gave the nice color of biryani
- And all rice add layered to the chicken and turmeric milk add spotted by tsp.
- Cover plate on the biryani and place load on cover plate because steam not goes out and release pressure inside.
- Place the tawa below the pot because biryani is not burnt.
- Cooked for 15 minutes
- After 15 mins, open the cover plate and gently mix fluff up the rice in the pot, The rice is completely cooked and it has to come very nice flavor, aroma, taste and color
- Mix everything and Tasty perfectly cooked chicken biryani is ready to be served
- Garnish with coriander leaves
- Serve it along with onion raita and lemon.
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