On its face, Chicken Biryani is a simple chicken-and-rice dish, but the whole is way more than the sum of its parts. Fresh herbs, heady spices, meaty chicken, and delicate rice all come together to create magic in a pot.
Course Main Dish Recipes
Cuisine Indian
Keyword biryani, fried rice, indian
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 6servings
Calories 792kcal
Author Robin Donovan
Ingredients
For the rice
3cupsbasmati ricesoaked
6cupswater
1tablespoonghee
3cloves
2green and black cardamom pods
1bay leaf
2cinnamon sticks
1teaspoonkosher salt
For the chicken
½cupwater
1teaspoonturmeric
½teaspoonkosher salt
½teaspooncumin seeds
2tablespoonsginger garlic paste
½cupvegetable oil
3Green chilies
5piecesof green and black cardamom
2cinnamon sticks
2Bay leaves
2tomatoesdiced
2poundschicken drumsticks
8dried plums
2onionssliced
1lemonsliced
½cupchopped cilantro
½cupchopped fresh mint leaves
½cupyogurt
¼cuponion fried
5cloves
2teaspoonsred chili powder
1tablespoonbiryani masala
1 ½teaspoonsgaram masala
1 ½teaspoonsground coriander
1teaspoonfreshly ground black pepper
½teaspoonblack peppercorns
Instructions
Boil water in a pot with rice, salt, ghee, and spices and cook until they are boiled 80%. Now strain the water from the rice and set aside.
In a pot, add water, turmeric powder, salt, cumin seeds, ginger garlic paste and mix well.
Add sliced onion, chicken drumsticks and mix until well combined.
Cover with a lid and cook on low heat for about 5-6 minutes. And then cook on medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes. Then set aside.
In another pot, add oil, green cardamom, black cardamom, black peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and mix. Then add coriander powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder, black pepper powder, mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
Add tomatoes and stir.
Add yogurt and mix until well combined.
Add cooked chicken mixture and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
Add chopped fresh coriander, mint leaves, green chilies, mix well and cook on high heat or until the oil separates.
Add the biryani masala and dried plums and stir.
Take out half of the chicken mixture in a bowl and set aside.
Layer the biryani. Add boiled rice, half of the fried onion, lemon slices, remaining chicken with its gravy and remaining boiled rice.
On top of the rice add remaining fried onion, orange food color, cover and cook on low heat for 10-12 minutes, or until fully cooked.