North Indian Chicken Biriyani(Kozhi Biryani)
Biriyani cooked in chicken tikka marinade
Ingredients
For the rice:
Biriyani masala:
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 3 nos Cloves
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 2 nos Green cardamoms
- 1 nos Black cardamom
- 1 Star anise
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper crushed
- 1 no Bay leaf
- 1/4 tsp Mace
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 2 cups Onions sliced
- 2 inch Fresh ginger
Instructions
- Wash the chicken pieces and drain.
- Mix hung yogurt, ginger- garlic paste, garam masala, chilly paste, salt, lemon juice, and mustard oil with the chicken pieces.
- Chill the chicken marinade in the refrigerator for half an hour.
- When water is briskly boiling, add rice and cook till 3/4 done, drain and set aside. :-If using chicken stock use absorption method to cook rice.
- Heat a thick bottomed pan, add oil and swirl to spread.
- Add cumin seeds, green and black cardamom, star anise, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf and mace and allow them crackle.
- Add onions and stir fry till light golden brown.
- Add marinated chicken and cook on high heat till the meat changes colour and becomes white about 5 minutes.
- Lower the flame and cook on simmer for 10 to 15 minutes till the pieces are tender.
- Add 1 tbsp chopped coriander stir and and close the lid.
- Now arrange alternate layers of cooked chicken and rice.
- Sprinkle saffron milk, coriander leaves, mint leaves, garam masala, ginger julienne between every layer.
- Cover and seal with roti dough all around the lid (in the picture) or use aluminium foil.
- Cook on indirect flame for 12 to 15 minutes (shown in the picture, with a tawa underneath) or in a pre-heated oven for 10 to 12 minutes. :-You will notice the steam escaping from the vessel through the sealed lid and the room is filled with irresistible aroma.
- Switch off the flame and let the vessel sit for sometime about ten minutes for the flavours to merge.
- :- Serve biriyani from the same vessel accompanied by raita, pickle and pappads.
- ***Note : No artificial colours are used in this recipe. Infact the chilly paste gives the brilliant colour to this biriyani as seen in picture.
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