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Kerala Style Chicken Biriyani(Kozhi Biryani)

simple chicken biriyani
Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 glass Basmathi rice I prefer sona masoori rice instead of basmati rice
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 4 nos Cloves
  • 3 small Cinnamon
  • 4 nos Cardomon
  • Water as reqd
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • 12 nos Beans Both cut it into 1 inch length
  • 3 nos Carrot Both cut it into 1 inch length
  • Salt as reqd
  • 750 gm Chicken
  • 6 nos Onion fine vertically chopped
  • 3 nos Green chillies vertically chopped
  • 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
  • 1 no Tomato vertically chopped, big size
  • 1/2 cup Curd
  • 1/2 tbsp Chilly powder
  • 1/2 tbsp Coriander powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tbsp Black pepper
  • 1/2 tbsp Garam masala
  • 3 tbsp Ghee
  • For marinating
  • 3 nos Onion fine vertically chopped
  • 10 nos Cashew nuts
  • 15 nos Dried grapes
  • 6 nos Cloves
  • 4 nos Cinnamon
  • 4 nos Cardomom
  • Oil as reqd

Instructions
 

  • Soak rice in water for 10 minutes.
  • After 10 minutes, drain it and put it in boiling water. :- Take enough water for rice.
  • Add Turmeric powder, cloves, cinnamon, cardomon and salt into water.
  • Cook rice only to half boiled.
  • Remove it, drain it in a strainer and keep it aside.
  • For chicken, saute onion and green chillies in ghee till it becomes dark brown.
  • Add ginger garlic paste, tomato and saute it.
  • Add all the powders, garam masale to it and saute it for 1 minute.
  • Add chicken into it and pore 1 glass water and then put enough salt also.
  • Replace chicken into pressure cooker.
  • After 1 whistle sim the stove and wait for 7 minutes.
  • After 7 minutes off the stove and wait for 20 minutes.
  • After 20 minutes, remove the lid. :- If it contains more water boil again till it have only semi gravy. Please rememder this chicken gravy must be very thick.
  • Boil beans and carrot with little salt and drain it and keep it aside. 15)For marinating, fry all the contents till brown color and keep aside.
  • Take a big vessel and spread little rice on bottom.
  • Then add little vegetables on next layer and again one layer rice.
  • Add chicken and then next layer as rice.
  • Add the fried onions,cashews and grapes.
  • :-Repeat the layers if u have more rice.
  • :- Serve hot!!!
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