Malabar Chicken Biriyani

This is the most popular Indian non-veg rice dish. There are different methods to prepare this dish. The below recipe is very easy and popular one.

Ingredients

For Marination
Chicken – 1kg (Cut into med-large pieces)
Curd – ½ cup
Lemon juice – 1tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Chilly powder – 2 tsp
Coriander powder – 2tsp
Garam masala – 1tsp
Finely chopped cilantro
Lengthwise sliced onion – 2cups
Sliced tomato – ½ cup
Sliced green chilies – 1tsp
Ginger & garlic paste – 1tsp

For making rice
Basmati rice – 2 ½ cup
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Salt – ½ tsp
Cloves, Cardamom, Bay leaves, Cinnamon- a few
Fennel seeds – ¼ tsp
Water – 8 cup
Ghee – 2-3tsp

For garnishing
Cashew & raisins -3-4tsp
Sliced onion – 1cup
Chopped cilantro

For making gravy
Lengthwise sliced onion – 2cups
Ginger & garlic paste – 2tsp
Sliced tomato – 1no
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Chilly powder – 2tsp
Coriander powder – 2tsp
Garam masala – 1tsp
Biriyani masala powder – 2tsp
Oil – 4tsp
Ghee – 4tsp
Finely chopped cilantro
Mint leaves – a few

How to prepare
=►Mix together all above mentioned Marination ingredients.
=►Add chicken pieces into the above mixture and marinate well. Keep it aside for 1hour.

Making Rice
=►Soak basmati rice for 15-30min.
=►Heat 1tsp of ghee in a pan, add cashews, raisins, 1 cup of onion into it. Fry it and keep it aside.
=►In to the same pan add one more tsp of ghee and put cardamom, fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaves. Saute it well and slow down the flame.
=►Then add 8 cups of water, ½ tsp of salt and a pinch of turmeric into it.
=►Allow it to boil on medium flame and add 2 cup of basmati rice into it.
=►When it cooks 90% then switch off the flame and gently drain the water from the rice and keep it aside.

Steps.

Making Gravy
=►Heat 4tsp of oil in a pan, add ginger & garlic paste into it and sauté it well until the raw smell of garlic goes.
=►Add 2cups of onion into it and fry it well until it becomes golden brown.
=►Add sliced tomato, Turmeric powder ( ½ tsp),Chilly powder (2tsp), Coriander powder (2tsp),Garam masala ( 1tsp) and Biriyani masala powder (2tsp) and mix it properly.
=►Add marinated chicken into it and mix well.
=►Allow the chicken to cook well on medium flame until all water is absorbed and chicken pieces are coated with gravy.
=►Gently increase the heat (high) and add 2tsp of ghee into it.
=►Put cooked rice, chopped cilantro, mint leaves and 2tsp of ghee on this chicken gravy and
and cover it with aluminium foil & lid.
=►Reduce the flame (sim) and allow it to cook for 1-2 min on sim flame.
=►Switch off the flame. After 1 hour remove the aluminium foil from the vessal.
=►Spicy biriyani is ready. Garnish with fried onion, cashew, raisins and chopped cilantro.