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Chicken Biriyani

Chicken Biriyani
 

Ingredients:

For the Biriyani paste

  • Coriander seeds - ¾ tablespoon
  • Cumin seeds - ½ tablespoon
  • Cardamom - 4
  • Cloves - 3
  • Piece of Cinnamon - ¼ tablespoon
  • Pepper corns - 3
  • White kasakasa seeds - 1 tablespoon
  • Kadala (gram) - 1 tablespoon
  • Garlic, ginger and red onion - 1 teaspoon each
  • Fresh coriander leaves with roots - 2
  • Fresh mint leaf sprigs - 2 (grind to a paste)
  • Chicken (cut into pieces) - 750 grams (cut into pieces)
  • Curd - 2 ½ tablespoon
  • Ghee - 3 tablespoon
  • Tomatoes - 3 (cut into small pieces)
  • Green chilies (slit with the stem) - 3
  • Cashew-nuts (broken into pieces) - 50 grams
  • Potatoes - 2 (cut into small pieces)
  • Plums - 25 grams
  • Saffron - ½ teaspoon
  • Rose Water - ½ teaspoon
  • Milk - 3 tablespoons
  • Basmati rice - 400 grams
  • Maggi jumbo chicken cubes - 2 cubes
  • Cardamom, Cloves, sticks of Cinnamon - 3-4 each
  • Rampe, Karapincha and lemon grass, enough water to boil the rice, a few red onion rings and garlic and salt to taste.


 
Preparation time: 90-120 minutes
Serves: 8
   
Nutritional Information (Per Serving)
Energy (Kcal)
Carbohydrate (g)
Protein (g)
Fat (g)
610.05
90.12
16.88
20.23
 
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Method

Chicken

  • Mix the grounded mint leaf paste, curd and salt onto the chicken. Marinate for ½ hour.
  • Heat the ghee, fry the potatoes and cashew-nuts with it and keep aside.
  • In the same pan, with the remaining ghee, fry onion rings, garlic and green chilies.
  • Add the chicken to the pan and fry for a while. Add tomatoes, salt and enough water to cook the chicken.

Rice

  • Bring water to boil and add rampe, karapincha, lemon grass, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and Maggi Chicken Seasoning Granules. Then add the rice and cook until rice is done.
  • Take ¾ of the cooked rice and place on the serving dish. Over it, place the cooked chicken curry with chicken pieces. Over that, sprinkle a little of the fried potatoes, cashew-nuts, plums and fried onions. Then add another layer of the rice on top.
  • Pile it similarly for 2 or 3 more layers. Then top with rice and the balance of the fried onion, potatoes and cashew-nuts. Lastly, sprinkle saffron and rose water mix with milk.
  • Make a dough with 250 grams of flour and water. Cover the rice with the dough and leave in the oven for 30 minutes at 180 0 C.

Tip: Serve hot with raita and/or mint sambol.