Hello beautiful people! Hope all is well. Today's cooking is chicken biryani , this delicious dish is famous, in south & middle east asian cuisines.
This dish was cooked by my husband. And I want to share how we cooked our chiken biryani.
Ingredients:
Rice
Basmati Rice 2 glass
Ghee 1tbspn
Oil 3tbspn
Cashew nuts a handful
Dried grapes/kismis a handful
salt
Lamp sugar
Carrots 1/2 cup
Onion 2mediums
Curry leaves sprig
Cardamon seed 3pcs.
Star anise 1 pc.
Cumin seed 1/4 tbspn.
Cinnamon sticks 3inch
Peppercorns
Chicken curry
Chicken 1kg.
Onion 2 big
Ginger, garlic & turmeric paste 2tbspn
Ghee 1 tbspn & oil 3 tspn.
Green chili 4-5 pcs.
Cardamon seeds 3 pcs.
Cinnamon sticks 2inch 1 pc
Fennel seeds 1tbspn.
Coriander powder 1tbspn
Garam masala powder 1/2 tspn
Mutton masala powder1 tbspn.
Salt
Peppercorns
Process as shown below
Heat oil & ghee, add in onions
Add in spices & salt. Continue to saute.
Add in curry leaves.
Continue to saute
Add in 2glass of water ( 1:1 ratio of the rice & water)
Add in carrots, and lamp sugar
Add in rice,
Stir rice.
Add in cashew nuts.
Add in dried grapes. Cover & cook rice into slow medium flame.
The rice is done.
Meanwhile, let's cook the chicken curry
Heat ghee
Add in turmeric ginger & garlic paste
Saute till the raw smell in the herbs goes
Add in onions,
Add in green chili , Saute onion till translucent
Add in salt & spices, put to low fire
Fry spices, mix, till the raw smell from the spices goes.
Add in chicken.
Coat chicken with cooked masalas
Add 1 cup of water, cover & cook till the chicken is tender.
This time chicken is tender. Let's transfer to a big casserole to accommodate both chicken and rice.
Add slowly the rice on the top of chicken, making it even.
Simmer for 15min. Under very low fire
The chicken biryani is ready to serve. Best when its warm.
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