Recipe- Restaurant Style Chicken Biryani

Chicken Biryani is a spicy, masala loaded rice meal made by cooking chicken with rice & masala. Chicken Biryani is India’s favourite food as it is the most cooked & ordered dish on the online delivery apps.

Ingredients

1 cup basmati rice
300 gms chicken
1 big onion chopped
1 small tomato roughly chopped
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 and 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tbsp curd
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
1 cup water
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp ghee
salt to taste

To Grind To a Paste

1/4 cup coriander leaves
1/4 cup mint leaves
1 no green chillies
1 big tomato

To Temper

3 nos cloves
1 no cardamom
1/4 inch cinnamon
1 bayleaf

Method

- Soak basmati rice in water for at least 20mins, set aside.

- Grind the ingredients under 'to grind' with little water to a fine paste. Set aside.

- Clean chicken and rinse it thrice , add turmeric powder and set aside.

- Heat oil+ghee in a pressure cooker and add the items under 'to temper' then add ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute.

- Then add onion and saute till its golden brown. Then add tomato, saute till raw smell leaves.

- Then add coriander mint paste and saute for 2mins. Then add curd, chicken along with turmeric, red chilli,coriander,garam masala powders and required salt.

- Saute till it forms a thick gravy and chicken changes color.

- Add 1 cups of water and pressure cook for 4 whistles. Once pressure releases, open and give a quick stir.

- Drain water from rice and add it to the gravy, stir once. Then add coconut milk.

- Pressure cook for 3 whistles(After first whistle simmer it). Once pressure releases fluff it with a fork carefully without breaking the rice. Serve hot with onion raita.

- Thalicha and onion raita are the best combination for Chicken biriyani.