India Chicken Biryani Recipe

Biryani is one of the most popular dishes in Hyderabad, India. To make Hyderabadi Biryani, the meat and the rice are cooked in an air tight pot on very low flame, so that the rice is cooked in the flavors of meat and gets the aroma of the meat. The meat gets the direct heat from the flame and the rice is cooked with steam generated by the air tight method of cooking

Ingredients

• 2 cups basmati rice
• 4 cups water
• 4 chicken thighs/ breast pieces, cut into 2 each (you could use chicken with or without bones)
• 2-3 tablespoons oil/ clarified butter or a mix of both
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds½ teaspoon curd
• 1 ½ teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
• 1 medium onion, puréed
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
• 4-5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2-3 green chilies
• ½ teaspoon red chili powder
• ½ teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
• ½ teaspoon turmuric
• Salt to taste (start with about 1 ½ teaspoon)
• 1 tablespoon fresh chopped coriander
• 1 few mint leaves

Making

In a bowl take chicken, gingergarlic paste, mint, curd, green chillies, coriander leaves, pepper corns, cumin, chilli powder turmuric, salt, cumin, coriander powder and whole garamasala dry, fried onion and add oil, mix all very nicely.
In a bowl add water,salt and bring to boil to cook rice, once the rice is half cooked drain the wate.
Now in a biryani bowl add marinated chicken spread at the bottom and then add half cooked rice, mint leaves, onion fried, saffron color and close it with the lid and cook for 30min.