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Saurabh 's special biriyani |
Chicken Biriyani
Chicken Biriyani is a complete meal,consisting of three main ingredients chicken, rice and spices. It needs to be cooked with great care and patience as it involves time to time monetering.
Ingredients
Basmati rice - 500 grams
Chicken legs - 1 kg
Onions - 4 large ( sliced )
Tomatoes - 2 ( chopped)
Tomato puree 2 tsp
Green chillies - 4 slit
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Ginger paste - 1 tsp
Garlic paste - 1tsp
Cloves - 4-5
Green cardamon - 4
Bay leaves - 2
Pepper whole few ( optional)
Oil to cook
Turmeric
Yogurt 1 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Red chilli - 2 tsp
Method
Wash the rice, boil it,( it needs to be cooked again, so rice should be only half cooked. )
Meanwhile marinate the chicken with turmeric, salt, yogurt and chilli powder. Marinate for an hour.
Soak saffron for half an hour
Heat a deep bottomed heavy vessel, add oil ,add the cumin seeds, bay leaves, peppercorns, for a minute. Now add the long sliced onions till they are deep brown, few fried onions can be kept to garnish.
Add the ginger and garlic paste and fry for some time, add tomatoes and fry again, add the pureed and the green chillies. Now add a little salt and coriander powder and garam masala add the marinated chicken and let it simmer for sometime adding littlewater, and turning it so that it's doesnt
burn.
Once it's done and is aromatic add half the rice, sprinkle the saffron and milk and and the fried onions and now add the remaining rice and seal the vessel tightly and cook over medium heat again for about ten minutes. Turn off flames , do not open the lid immediately. Let the masalas infuse into rice.
Garnish with fried onions and green chillies. Serve hot with chutney or curd raita.
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