Chicken Dum Biryani

Chef                           - Balasri Ramachandran
Category                    - Non-Veg
Cuisine                      - Lunch / Dinner
Preparation Time      - 60 Min
Cooking Time           - 40 Min
Serves                       - 3 to 4 people
Measurement 1 Cup = 250 ml

Ingredients Required:

For marination

Chicken 1/2 Kg	2 onions fried or caramelized	2 Green chillies
Garam masala -1 tblspn	Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tblspn	Lemon juice - 1 tblspn
Chilli powder -2 tblspn	Coriander powder - 2 tblspn	Tumeric powder - 1 tspn
Curd - 3/4 Cup	Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup	Mint leaves - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1 tblspn

Other Ingredients

Step by step with pictures:

• Day  1 process

Ingredients for marinating chicken

1st marinate the chicken using lemon juice and salt and keep it for 5 minutes

Then marinate the chicken using the other items given under marination ingredients

Refrigerate the marinated chicken overnight of for minimum 8 hours

• Day  2 process

Keep the other ingredients- saffron soaked milk, 1/2 onion fried or caramelized, finely chopped mint and coriander leaves ready 

Soak basmathi rice for 30 minutes

To make rice, boil 4 to 5 cups of water with 1 tblspn ghee and half  of the spices given under ingredients; when it boils, add rice and cook until its 80 to 90% done and then drain it. It takes approximately 7 minutes for it.

Heat the pan for making biryani, add 1 tblspn ghee, when it heats up, add the remaining spices,  marinated chicken

Cover it and cook it in low flame for 7 minutes.

Add the drained rice to the chicken, layer it with mint, coriander leaves, fried onions and pour saffron milk

Cover the vessel with an aluminum foil and then with a heavy lid so that air doesn't go out.
To cook in oven preheat oven to  360F  or 180C and place it for 25 to 30 minutes. (don't use glass lid for oven)
To cook in stove, place the pan over a dosa tawa in low heat for 45 to 50 minutes. 

Yummy dum biryani is ready

Steps

• Day  1 process

1. Marinate chicken with lemon juice and salt and keep it for 5 minutes.
2. Then  marinate it with the other items given under marination ingredients.
3. Refrigerate overnight  or for minimum 8 hours

• Day 2 process

How to make rice

1. Soak briyani rice for 30 minutes. 
2. In a pan put 1 tblspn Ghee and then half the quantity of  whole spices given above and then add water(4 to 5 cups) required for making rice.
3.  When water boils add the rice and cook until 80 to 90 % done.(It takes approximately 7 minutes for this) and then drain it.

How to make biryani

1. In a heavy bottomed pan add 1 tblspn ghee and the remaining whole spices and then add the marinated chicken.
2. Saute it and keep it covered in low flame for 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Then add the drained rice to the chicken.
4. Layer it with some fried onions , mint leaves and coriander leaves.
5. Pour the saffron milk.
6. Cover the vessel with an aluminum foil and then with a heavy lid so that air doesn't go out.

Cooking process

1. To cook in oven preheat oven to  360F  or 180C and place it for 25 to 30 minutes.
2. To cook in stove, place the pan over a dosa tawa in low heat for 45 to 50 minutes.

Yummy Biryani ready to be served

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