October 17, 2019

CHICKEN BIRYANI- How To Make Chicken Curry Layered Rice

CHICKEN BIRYANI

Chicken pieces cooked in a spicy curry & sauteed veggies, layered with aromatic long grain Basmati rice. Finished off with by cooking it covered for few minutes to let the curry permeate the rice. Finally, garnished with roasted cashews, cilantro and slivered ginger slices!

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4

Equipment

Pressure cooker, large Sauce pan with lid, large Saute pan

Ingredients

1/2 chicken skinned and cut into large pieces
1 cup Basmati rice saute Basmati rice in 1 tbsp ghee, add 2 cups of water & cumin seeds in veg. oil & cook in a pressure cooker until almost done. Remove from cooker once done and spread it in large plate loosely so that it cools off
water as needed
2 onions 1 chopped in small pcs, other slivered & sauted for garnish
3 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp slivered ginger skin peeled off
1/2 cup biryani mix Biryani Mix: Add 1/4 tsp each of red chili powder, coriander & cumin powders, garam masala, fenu greek seeds 1 cinnamon stick ,2 black cardamon bay leaf, 2 cloves, ginger, onion and garlic powders to water and make a slurry. Alternatively you can buy ready made Biryani Mix from Indian grocery store
1 cup yogurt whipped
2 green chilies whole with stems sauteed with sliced onion for garnish
1/3 cup chopped cilantro
2 tbsp ghee Indian clarified butter
4 tbsp veg. oil
1 tbsp cumin seeds to be sauteed with ghee then added to Basmati rice prior to cooking
8 curry leaves
2 tbsp green chili/ginger paste
1/4 tsp Saffron strands soaked in 1/4 cup of warm milk

Instructions

Cooking Rice

Cook Basmati in pressure cooker as per Notes in Ingredient section above. Transfer to large plate spreading it to cool off

Cooking Chicken

Heat veg. oil in large sauce pan, add onion, garlic, green chili/ginger paste & curry leaves- saute for 2 minutes
Add Biryani Mix slurry, mix well with other ingredients in the pan. Cook for 2 minutes then add whipped yogurt mix well
Now add chicken pieces, mix well. Add a cup of water, cover pan with lid & cook chicken for 20 minutes
In a large saute pan spread 1/2 of the chicken curry then layer it with half the cooked Basmati rice. Repeat the process layering rice and chicken curry to create a second layer
Cover pan with lid or aluminium foil, cook for 10 more minutes
Uncover saute pan. Add roasted cashew nuts, sauteed onions and chopped cilantro.
Wallah your delicious spicy Chicken Biryani is ready! Transfer to serving dish/bowl. Enjoy!