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Monday, April 19, 2010

Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani


Ingredients:


For cooking rice:

1 1/2 cups Basmati rice
1/2tsp Fennel seeds
4 cups Water
1tsp Oil
Salt

How to:
  • Heat water in a medium flame, add fennel seeds, oil, salt and stir it. Make sure the water is salty.
  • Add the rice and wait for the water to boil and the rice to come up. Now, take 1 grain of rice and check if it breaks when pressed by your finger tips.
  • If yes, switch off and carefully drain the water from the rice in a colander and keep aside .
For coloring:

Pinch Saffron color
1tbsp Water
  • Dissolve the saffron color in water and keep it aside.
For frying onions:

1/2 Yellow onion (thinly sliced)
1tsp Corn flour
Oil
How to:
  • Heat oil at medium-high in a deep frying pan.
  • Sprinkle the corn flour over the onions and deep fry'em immediately. (Do not let sit after sprinkling corn flour, as it may start sticking.)
  • Place it on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
For cooking Chicken:

4 Chicken drumsticks
1 Yellow onion (thinly sliced)
2 Roma tomatoes (chopped)
2 small green chilli (chopped)
3/4 cup Yogurt (plain)
1/2 cup Mint leaves
1/2 cup Cilantro
1tbsp ginger-garlic paste

1/4tsp Turmeric powder
3/4tbsp Chilli powder
1tbsp Coriander powder
1/2tsp Garam masala powder

1tsp ghee (optional)
Salt
Oil

Whole garam masala:

1tsp Fennel seeds
1/2tsp Cumin seeds
1/2tsp Black cumin seeds
3 green cardamom
2 black cardamom
1 Cinnamon stick (1")
3 Cloves
1 Bay leaf
HowBold to:
  • In a skillet, heat oil and ghee, add the whole garam masala spices and saute for a min.
  • Then add the onion and green chilli and saute until it starts browning.
  • Now add ginger-garlic paste and cook until raw smell disappears.
  • Then add cilantro, mint leaves and tomatoes and cook till its completely mashed up.
  • Then add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder and cook for 2 mins.
  • Now add the chicken to the masala, mix well and cook for 2 mins.
  • Pour the yogurt, mix well and cook until the chicken is tender, with lid closed.
  • Reduce the flame, remove the lid and cook till the masala thickens.
Check salt for taste and switch off the flame.

Layering:

Let the fun begin.
  • In a baking dish, spread the chicken masala at the bottom and layer it up with the rice.
  • Then top it with fried onions, cilantro, mint leaves and pour around 2tsp of saffron water and wrap it up with aluminum foil.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 30 mins.
Serve hot with hard-boiled egg and raita.

Sending this dish to the event 'Iftar moments Hijri 1431', hosted by Umm Mymoonah.

4 comments:

  1. Looks very nice... I'm gonna try this 2morrow. I don't have corn flour. Is it ok if I don't add any flour to fry onions? Or can I add any other flour instead of corn flour?

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  2. Thanks Priya.
    You can use rice flour instead of corn flour which also gives crispiness.If you don't sprinkle any flour,after frying onions end up soggy and oily.

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  3. Wow! Looks great, very clear instructions. Thank you for sending it to my event.

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  4. Thanks Umm. Happy to send it to your lovely event.

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