SIMPLEST CHICKEN BIRYANI

SIMPLEST CHICKEN BIRYANI

Ingredients

For preparing  chicken and rice

• Basmati rice – 500 gms
• Chicken – 1/2 kg,
• onion -3 big(choped)
• Ghee  – ½ cup
• Green & black cardamom – 4
• Cloves – 4 to 6
• Cinnamon stick – 2-inch piece
• Bay leaf – 1
• Green chilli – 4, slit lengthwise
•  4 large tomatoes, chopped and deseeded
• Garam masala – 1 tbsp

For marinating chicken:

•  curd – 1 cup
• Ginger paste – 1 tbsp
• Garlic paste – 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1  tsp
• Coriander powder – 2 tsp
• Cumin powder – 2 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 2 tsp
• Garam masala – 2 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Mustard oil – 2 tbsp

For final biryani:

• rose water -1 t spoon
• mitha ataar 1-2 drops
• Kewra  – 2 tsp
• milk -3 t spoon 

METHOD 

Marinating chicken:

1. Wash  the chicken. In a  bowl add all the marinating ingredients –  curd, ginger & garlic paste, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, garam masala, salt, .
2. Add the chicken pieces into the marinade and rub them nicely.
3. Cover the marinated chicken and refrigerate it for at least 2 hours .

Making rice for biryani:

1. Wash the basmati rice ,add water little bit salt,turmeric powder,rose water & 2-3 drops oil & 1-2 bay leaves  Soak them  for 30 minutes.
2. After 30 minutes  cook the rice until they are half cooked i.e. 75-80% cooked.
3. Drain the rice and  keep it aside.

Making chicken for biryani:

1. Heat about half  cup of  mustard oil  in a large kadhai or pan
2. Temper the hot oil with green and black cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, black peppercorn,  bay leaf.
3. Sauté them on low heat for a minute until they become fragrant. 
4. Then add onion. Add some salt stir for 2 to 3 mins until they change color to light brown.
5. Add the marinated chicken along with all the marinating mixture to the kadhai with tomatoes. Stir the chicken so that everything is mixed well with oil and spices add water 1/2 cup
6. Cover and cook the chicken on low heat for 10 minutes

Final stage of biryani:

        Take a small bowl add keora,rose water & mitha attar with the milk.

        Arrange half of the half-cooked rice over the chicken inside the kadhai.

1. Sprinkle half tablespoon of garam masala and half a teaspoon of salt. Drizzle 1 teaspoon of milk.
2. Then arrange remaining half of the half-cooked rice and similarly sprinkle remaining , garam masala and half a teaspoon of salt. Drizzle remaining 1 teaspoon of milk too. Do not stir.
3. Now cover the kadhai with a lid. seal the lid with atta dough,
4. Place the kadhai on a tawa which should be bigger than the kadhai. Then place the tawa with the kadhai on low heat for just 15 minutes.
5. After 15 minutes,switch off the flame & allow it to remain for 15 minutes .
6. open the lid and enjoy the  aroma of a perfectly cooked chicken biryani at home!