Thalassery, a small commercial town in the North Kerala district of Kannur, is famous for the celebrated Malabar cuisine. Their world famous Thalassery Chicken Dum Biriyani is a culinary treat. This is a special biryani recipe. You will find cooked spicy chicken masala with layered rice, fried onions and whole pot is placed on dum. In traditional “Dum” cooking, the lid is secured to the pan with a dough so that no steam can escape. Hot coal is placed on the lid, and slow cooked with a low flame from below the pan. The soul of Thalassery biriyani lies in the masala. Onions are slow cooked with green chillies, ginger, and garlic. Tomatoes are added to the mix and cooked till they disappear into the mix. Fresh garam masala, turmeric powder and curd is added to it and chicken is slow cooked until soft and juicy. Now we move on to the rice. The dish is traditionally cooked with jeerakashala rice. If you can’t source jeerakashala rice, khaima rice or basmati rice is a decent alternative. Whole spices and rice are fried in ghee and oil, and cooked in boiling water. I have made so many versions of biriyani over the past few years and this one is the best. So let's go through the detailed recipe of Thalassery Chicken Dum Biriyani.
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| Prep Time | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time | 45 Minutes |
| Servings |
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Ingredients
For Chicken masala &For rice
- Chicken - 1 Kg
- Ghee - 3 Tbsp
- Onion(Large) - 2 Nos.
- Ginger garlic green chilli paste - 3 Tbsp
- Tomatoes - 2 Nos.
- Salt(As required) -
- Coriander leaves(One hand ful) -
- Mint leaves - 2 Tbsp
- Curd - 2 Tbsp
- Lime water - 1 Tbsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp
- Garam masala - 1 1/2 Tsp
- Jeerakashala rice - 4 Cup
- Clove - 4
- Cinnamon - 2
- Cardamom - 4
- Ghee - 3 Tbsp
- Oil - 5 Tbsp
- Salt(As required) -
- Water - 6 Cup
For Dum
- Fried onion -
- Fried cashew and raisins - 4 Tbsp
- Ghee - 3-4 Tbsp
- Garam masala - 1 Tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp
- Milk - 1/4 Cup
- Coriander leaves -
- Mint leaves -
- Carrot(Thinly sliced) - 1
Ingredients
For Chicken masala &For rice
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Instructions
- In the same oil, add whole spices and let them sizzle. Then add washed and drained rice into it. Put the flame high and roast the rice continuously for 3-4 minutes.
- Now the rice is ready.
- Add turmeric powder, garam masala, salt and mix well.
- Then add tomatoes, chicken and curd. Combine well. Now cover and cook till chicken is done.
- Take the half portion of fried onion and crush it. Add it along with some chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves. Remove it from the flame.
- Mix the remaining fried onion with fried cashew nuts and raisins. Add one handful chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves along with some garam masala. Mix it well.
- Now move on to the dum process. Layer half of the rice and masala.
- Mix the milk with turmeric powder. Sprinkle it on top of the rice.
- Sprinkle half of the fried onion mix.
- Cover the pot and cook on very low heat for 30 mins. Now leave aside for 15 mins.
- Remove the rice from the vessel and serve the biriyani.
Recipe Notes
You can visit this link Crispy Chicken Cutlet. You can also visit this link Kerala Spicy Pepper Chicken.
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