Name: Instant Biriyani
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cups Basmati rice; 1/2 kg Chicken (cut into small pieces); 2 nos Onion; 2 nos Tomato; 1 tsp Ginger (paste or small pieces); 1 tsp Garlic (paste or small pieces); or; Ginger (garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp); 3/4 tsp Chilly powder; 2 tsp Coriander powder; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 1/4 cup Curd; or; 1/2 tsp Lemon juice; 12 leaves Mint leaves (Pudhina); 1/2 bunch Coriander leaves; 4 nos Green chillies; 5 tsp Oil or Butter or ghee; 10 nos Cashewnuts (optional); 6 nos Cloves (Grambu); 5 nos Cardamom (Elakka); 2 sticks Cinnamon (Karugapatta); or; 1 tsp Masala powder (Cloves, Cardamom, Cinnamon); 1/2 tsp Rose essence; Salt (As reqd)

Instant Biriyani

Chicken biriyani within minutes

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

2 cups Basmati rice
1/2 kg Chicken cut into small pieces
2 nos Onion
2 nos Tomato
1 tsp Ginger paste or small pieces
1 tsp Garlic paste or small pieces
or
Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
3/4 tsp Chilly powder
2 tsp Coriander powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/4 cup Curd
or
1/2 tsp Lemon juice
12 leaves Mint leaves Pudhina
1/2 bunch Coriander leaves
4 nos Green chillies
5 tsp Oil or Butter or ghee
10 nos Cashewnuts optional
6 nos Cloves Grambu
5 nos Cardamom Elakka
2 sticks Cinnamon Karugapatta
or
1 tsp Masala powder Cloves, Cardamom, Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Rose essence
Salt As reqd

Instructions

Keep the rice soaked in water, until it is ready to be added to the pressure cooker.
Heat oil or butter or ghee in a pressure cooker.
Saute ginger and garlic.
Add onion and saute well.
When onion turns golden, add chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon(whole or powder) and saute.
Add tomato and green chillies and saute.
Add curd or lemon juice to this paste and mix well.
Add salt.
Add chicken pieces and mix well.
Cover the pressure cooker with a lid and cook the chicken for 15 mins on medium-high heat, mixing in between.
:- 15 mins is enough for boneless chicken. Chicken with bone might need more time. I am assuming that chicken is half cooked by doing this, allowing the rest of the cooking to happen with the rice under pressure.
Drain the rice and keep it aside, while chicken is getting cooked.
After 15 mins., add mint leaves, coriander leaves, cashew nuts, drained rice, rose essence and mix well.
Add 3 cups of water and mix well again.
:- For 1 cup of rice, add 1 1/2 cups of water. :- Check the level of salt and add, if reqd.
Cover the pressure cooker with its lid.
Put the pressure regulator weight on the lid.
Pressure cook upto 1 whistle.
:- If you are using an electric stove, remove the cooker from the stove`s electric plate to a cool plate/place. Otherwise, rice will be overcooked.

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Response (3)

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Priya Sasikumar June 3, 2005

Okay, Not so good but there is some differnce, overall a change .

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smitha praveen February 5, 2006

its a good recipe

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annie January 29, 2010

it turned very good ..I just prepared it within 45 min…and it was nice taste too ..thanks

Instant Biriyani