Biryani

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:37:21 GMT

Step 1

to a small clean chicken cut into pieces, add 1/2 cup yogurt, 2 cardamom pods, ½ teaspoons cumin, 1 tsp saffron, 2 cloves, 1 star anise, 1 bay leaf and one cinnamon stick along with some salt and 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste.

Step 2

leave chicken for at least 2 hours or preferably overnight

Step 3

soak 3 cups of basmati rice for ½ hour

Step 4

bring approximately 6 cups of water to a boil or half of a big pot along with 1 tsp of salt per cup of rice and a pinch of whole geera and boil rice until it is tender and fluffy

Step 5

strain rice and set aside

Step 6

add chicken to q pot on low flame along with marinade until it starts to spring water

Step 7

cover chicken and let cook until almost finished approx 20 minutes. Fluff rice if finished cooking.

Step 8

to a blender, add approximately 4 tomatoes and blend followed by 2 white onions. A hot pepper can be added depending on spice tolerance.

Step 9

set aside spices ; 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp turmeric, 1 teaspoon of coriander powder, 1 tsp chili powder and 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

Step 10

add about ½ cup of oil to a large pot and let it heat up. Add onion tomato puree and ginger garlic paste and wait 30 seconds

Step 11

after 30 seconds are up, add all spices previously set aside see step 9

Step 12

cook until the puree becomes a nice holden orange colour and add chicken to pot and mix.

Step 13

Cover the pot and leave on heat for approximately 5 minutes.

Step 14

make yogurt water by adding water to 2 tbsp yogurt until a runny consistency is achieved.

Step 15

fry 1 potato in cubes, followed by 3 sliced onions, best to do this at the beginning

Step 16

In rice pot, spread some butter or ghee fluff rice, and add your first layer of rice(approximately ⅓ of rice) and spread some yogurt water on it. followed by potatoes and onion and lastly half of the chicken with half of the sauce.

Step 17

repeat step 16 one more time and add the final layer of rice on top

Step 18

cover pot with lid and let steam for approximately 15 minutes

Step 19

serve with something refreshing

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