Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Chicken Biryani


Ingredients:
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  1. Oil - 1/4 cup
  2. ghee - 1/4 cup
  3. cinnamon, cloves - few
  4. mint - 1 cup
  5. coriander leaves - 1 cup
  6. green chillies - 4
  7. red chillie paste ( 6 chillies soak in water and grind)
  8. ginger + garlic + 2 green chillies + 1 cinnamon stick + 1 clove paste
  9. Chicken pieces - 1 lb
  10. Jeera sambha rice - 2 cups
  11. Water - 4 cups
  12. Onion - 2
  13. Tomato - 1
  • In cooker, add Oil + ghee , cinnamon and cloves.
  • Saute Onion, mint, coriander, green chillies. Fry till the onion is golden brown.
  • Add chicken pieces and fry
  • Add ginger + garlic + 2 green chillies + 1 cinnamon stick + 1 clove paste
  • Fry till no ginger garlic odour
  • Now add Red chilli paste
  • Close the lid and allow chicken to cook.
  • Wait until the oil floats.
  • Then add water ( 1 cup rice : 2 cups water )
  • Add rice ( If the rice is soaked in water for 30 mins then add 1 cup rice : 1 3/4 cups water )
  • Close the lid and allow rice to cook.
  • wait until the rice is 3/4 th cooked. There should be no water on top of the rice.
  • Now add weight and simmer for 10 mins
  • squeeze little lime on top of the rice (optional)

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