Biriyani is flavored rice with good amount of spices added with chicken or Mutton(Lamb), or Prawns, or Fish, or Eggs or vegetables.
This kind of Chicken Biriyani is so special to me and I would like to call it as festive time Biriyani. During Ramzan and Bakrid festival ,I used to get a box of this special biriyani from my friends . It was always filled with a nice aroma and a unique taste than the other biriyani kinds. I tried the recipe and almost I could bring the taste closer to what I used to enjoy .
Ingredients:
- Chicken – 1kg (preferrably with bones, cut in to pieces)
- Rice – 3 cups (less than a kg), Preferably Basmati Rice , I have used a normal rice.
- Water – 3 cups
- Oil – 3 Tsp
- Cinamon 1 inch- 2 sticks
- Cloves – 5
- Cardomom – 2
- Bayleaves – 2
- Onion – 2, finely slit
- Tomato – 1 , finely chopped
- Garlic paste – 2 Tsp
- Ginger paste – 1 Tsp
- Lemon – 1, juice of it
- Curd(yoghurt) – 1/2 cup
- Turmeric – 1/4 tsp
- Chilli – 1Tsp
- Corriander – 1 Tsp
- Corriander leaves – 1/2 cup (finely chopped)
- Mint leaves – 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
- Clarified Butter – 3 Tsp
- Salt for taste
Method:
1. Soak the rice with water for 1/2 an hour. Add oil to the heavy bottomed vessel.
2. When the oil is hot add cinamon, cardamom, cloves and bayleaves and stir for a minute.
3. Add onions and fry till golden brown color. Add the ginger and garlic paste followed by chicken. Stir it for atleast 5 minutes.
4. Add the 1/4 cup of corrainder, mint leaves and mix it up for 3 minutes.
5. Add spice powders turmeric, corriander and chilli powder and stir for 2 minutes.
6. Now add just rice, salt and 3 1/2 cups of water and let it boil.
7. Once the water starts boiling add curd ,lemon juice and clarified butter. Cover the lid and cook in a very low flame for 20 minutes.
8. Once the rice is cooked, garnish the biriyani with 1/4 cup of corriander leaves and serve it.
Tip : 1. Chicken Biriyani is good to go with raitha( yogurt onion salad) or simple yoghurt.
2. Right level of cooked rice gives a good appearance to perfect biriyani. The taste depend upon the right level of spices that is added.
