Hyderabadi Dum Chicken Biryani

Chicken
Biryani
Lunch
Non-Veg
Dinner
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Hyderabadi biryani is one of the heavenly dish liked by all non-veg lovers. This popular biryani recipe is most flavorful & delicious in taste. Anyone can prepare at home using this easy recipe. The basmati rice is cooked on dum along with spicy chicken masala over slow heat. Prepare it at home to make a mark of your weekend special lunch..!

Ingredients

To marinate:

Chicken - ½ kg

Lemon juice - ½ tsp

Turmeric pwd - a pinch

Red chilly pwd - 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Salt - ½ tsp

To cook Rice:

Basmati rice - 2 cups

Oil - 1 tsp

Cardamom - 2

Star anise - 1

Salt - ½ tsp

To prepare Biryani:

Oil - 1 tbsp

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds - ½ tsp

Bay leaf - 2

Cloves - 4

Cinnamon - 2

Onions - 2

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Green chilly - 1 or 2

Mint and coriander leaves – handful

Yoghurt - 2 to 3 tbsp

Tomato sliced - ¼ cup

Garam masala pwd - ½ tsp

Ghee - to grease the pan

Saffron - soaked in 1 tbsp of water.

Fried onions - to garnish

Freshly sliced coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Instructions

1.

To Marinate:

2.

Clean and wash the chicken pieces

3.

Drain the water thoroughly

4.

Chop the chicken to desired size

5.

Add lemon juice, turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd, salt and ginger garlic paste

6.

Mix well and allow to marinate for 2 hours

7.

To cook Rice:

8.

Wash and soak basmati rice in water for 10 mins

9.

In a pressure pan, boil about 4 cups of water

10.

Once the water boils, add oil, salt, cardamoms and star anise

11.

Add the rice and allow to cook in high flame

12.

Once the rice is three-fourth cooked, drain the rice immediately

13.

Set it aside

14.

To prepare Chicken Masala:

15.

In the same pan, heat oil and ghee

16.

Add cumin seeds, bay leaf, cloves and cinnamon

17.

Wait to splutter

18.

Add finely chopped onions and saute till transculent

19.

Add ginger garlic paste and sliced green chilly

20.

Saute for a minute

21.

Add finely chopped mint and coriander leaves

22.

Saute for few minutes

23.

Add marinated chicken, sliced tomatoes and yoghurt

24.

Cover and cook until the chicken is cooked tender

25.

Add garam masala pwd and mix well

26.

Cook in high flame till the chicken masala reaches desired consistency

27.

To prepare Biryani:

28.

In a different pan, grease the bottom of the pan with ghee

29.

Spread a layer of chicken masala and add the cooked basmati rice on top of the chicken pieces

30.

Again add a layer of chicken masala

31.

Repeat the process of layering of rice and chicken masala

32.

Finally spread the rice and fried onions on the top layer

33.

Pour saffron water so that it spreads on some of the rice

34.

Cover the pan with a heavy lid

35.

Keep a bowl full of water over the lid

36.

Keep the flame in low and cook for 10 mins

37.

Turn off the flame

38.

Sprinkle finely chopped coriander leaves and squeeze few drops of lemon juice

39.

Keep it covered for 10 mins

40.

Fluff gently

41.

Serve hot with raitha and spicy gravy

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