Chicken Biryani Recipe

Directions

• Ingredients needed to make marination
• Combine everything and using a blender or grinder, grind into fine or smooth paste.
• Pour marinate over Chicken and allow Chicken to sit for around 1/2 an hour or whole night inside refrigerator.
• Ingredients needed to make Chicken Curry
• Heat some Oil in a pan and saute Onion.
• When Onion turns golden brown in color, add Ginger Garlic paste, Green Chillies and Curry Leaves.
• Saute until raw smell of Ginger Garlic paste is gone.
• Carefully add marinated Chicken and Tomato, don’t forget to scrape down all of the marinate.
• Mix everything well and allow Chicken to cook.
• When Chicken is fully cooked sprinkle Garam Masala.
• Mix everything well and make sure Chicken is fully cooked.
• Sprinkle Coriander Leaves.
• Ingredients needed to make Rice
• Heat some Ghee in a pan and add all of the whole spices.
• Carefully add the Rice.
• Fry Rice for 5min or until when you bite the rice its firm.
• Pour hot water and Salt.
• Allow everything to boil and when water reduce down to level of Rice, cover the pan with a tight lid and turn off the flame.
• Allow Rice to cook in the steam, after 20min open the lid and fluff-up the Rice using a fork.
• Ingredients needed for Garnish
• Fry Onion until its golden brown in color.
• Also fry Cashew and Raisins.
• Keep it a side.
• Assembling Chicken Biryani
• Take a big baking pan or cake pan or Dutch Oven and brush some Ghee.
• Sprinkle a layer of cooked Rice and on top layer some Chicken curry.
• Sprinkle fried Onions, Cashew, Raisins and Coriander Leaves.
• Sprinkle another layer of Rice and continue doing it until you finish with Chicken Curry and Rice.
• On top drizzle some Ghee and bake in a 350 degree pre-heated Oven for 30-45min.
• Don’t forget to cover the pan with a tight lid.
• Serve Chicken Biryani hot with Raita, Pickle and Pappadam.