Biryani    Printable Version

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kilo chicken pieces

  • 1/2 cup ghee

  • 3 onions crushed

  • 1 teaspoon ginger

  • 1 teaspoon garlic

  • 2 teaspoon chilli powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon haldi powder

  • 3 teaspoon salt

  • 450 grams rice

  • saffron essence

  • 2 cups curd

  • 1 teaspoon kesar

  • 1 tesapoon garlic

  • 1/2 cup tomato puree

  • 1 tablepoon green chillies

  • 1 tablespoon coriander

  • 1 teaspoon garam masala

  • 1 tablespoon charoli

  • 1 tablespoon cashew

  • 1 tablespoon khus khus

  • 1 tablespoon coconut

  • 1/3 cup milk.

 

Method

Mix together curd, chopped green chillies and coriander, garam masala chilli powder haldi powder 2 teaspoons salt and the chicken and leave to marinate for 6 hours in the refrigerator.

 Soak rice for 1/2 an hour and cook with 1 teaspoon salt till 3/4 done.

Drain and cool

Heat ghee, fry the onion, ginger and garlic pastes till brown.

Add the powdered dry fruit.

Fry for 5 minutes.

Let ghee separate.

 Add chicken mixture.

 Cook covered till chicken is tender and leaves the bone.

If the gravy is thin, dry the mixture, uncovered.

Heat a pan, switch off heat.

Place a few strand of kesar on it.

 After a few minutes, crush and mix in warm milk.

 1 layer rice 1 layer mutton

1 layer rice 1 layer mutton

1 layer rice

Sprinkle with saffron milk and ghee. Cover and bake for 1/2 an hour.

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