Express Chicken Biryani
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 6 People
Ingredients
For cooking Chicken
  • Chicken diced, bone-in- 12 pieces
  • Green chili, chopped- 3
  • Ginger-Garlic paste- 1 tbsp
  • Onion, chopped- 3, large
  • Tomato, chopped- 1
  • Chili powder- 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp
  • Fennel powder- 2 tsp
  • Garam masala- 1 tsp
  • Salt- ½ tsp
  • Lemon juice- 1 tbsp
  • Yogurt- 3 tbsp
  • Mint Leaves- 7 leaves
  • Cilantro, chopped- 2 handful
For cooking rice
  • Basmati Rice- 2½ cups
  • Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
  • Whole cardamom- 2
  • Whole cloves- 2
  • Bay leaves- 2
  • Water- 2 cups
  • Salt- ½ tsp
  • Ghee- 1 tbsp
For Garnishing
  • Ghee- 2 tbsp
  • Saffron- 2 pinches, soaked in 1 tbsp water
  • Cashew nuts, roasted in ghee- ¼ cup
  • Fried onion- 1 onion fried in oil till golden brown (tastes better with fried onion)
Instructions
  1. Combine the rice along with cumin seeds, whole cardamom, whole cloves, bay leaves, salt, ghee and water. Cook rice in a rice cooker. Keep aside.
  2. In a large cooking pan, combine all the above mentioned ingredients for cooking chicken. Cook covered till chicken has cooked well and the water has dried off- about 35 minutes.
  3. Add the cooked rice to the cooked chicken, combine well.
  4. Add the ghee and combine to the rice.
  5. Drizzle the saffron over the rice.
  6. Add roasted cashew nuts and fried onion, combine well.
  7. Remove from the heat and keep covered for a few minutes.
  8. Serve warm with raita and salad.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Smart Cooking, Smart Living at https://thasneen.com/cooking/express-chicken-biryani/