Shahi Chicken Biryani
Note: All ingredient quantities are ap prox.
Ingredients
Basmati RICE -3 cups
Chicken Diced -500gms-750 gms ( Breast, thigh,and legs)
Masala - 1
Onion -2 to 3 large finely chopped
Tomatoes - 2 finely chopped
Ginger paste -1tblsp
Garlic paste -1tblsp
Cardamom - 5
Cloves- - 5
Cinnamon -1 stick
Bayleaves -1 to 2 leaves
Masala-2
Poppy Seeds(Khus khus) -2 tblsp
Aniseeds -1tsp
Cumin seeds -1 tsp
Coriander leaves -1cup
Mint Leaves -1cup
Fresh Coconut or Desiccated -1/2cup
Green Chillies - 1 or 2
Cloves and Cardamons - 2 each
Dry Masalas
Turmeric powder -1tsp
Chili powder -1tsp
Coriander powder -1tsp
Cumin powder -1tsp
Few Strands of Safforn dissolved in milk
Salt to taste
Cashews nuts fried lightly in oil.
Silver foil ( Chandi varak)
Method
- Wash rice and clean the chicken.
- Grind masala 2 and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a wok and fry the onions .
- Add ginger & garlic paste and cardamons, cloves, and cinnamon & bayleaves to it.
- Fry till the onions are golden brown. .
- Add chopped tomatoes and add all the dry masalas, saute it till it oozes oil .
- Add the grinded masala 2 to the one in the wok and keep string it for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Finally add chicken and cook for 10 min till the chicken is partially cooked.
- Add raw rice to the above chicken stuffs and transfer it to electric rice cooker adding normal water or little more as you normally cook rice
- Stir saffron milk to raw rice and salt to taste before cooking the rice
In the above procedure both rice & chicken are cooked and blended with masalas. If you find the rice sticky and watery , spread it in the serving dish .It is better if u cook the biryani at least 4 to five hours before serving. The rice turns dry gives a wonderful flavor.You can make it attractive by serving it with Chandi varak or garnishing it with boiled eggs or fried cashews nut.
PS -There are many ways you can cook chicken Biryani.Many people prefer to arrange cooked rice and chicken
Masala layer by layer and bake it in the oven for 20 min. But I find the rice has less flavour.If you would like to bake, then cook the rice with chicken stock adding bay leaves, cardamom,cloves cinnamon & salt to stock .
