How to make Chicken Biryani

Chicken Biryani is a delicious meal and it is cooked often during festivals, parties and special vocations. It is easy to prepare and yummy to eat 

 Now its time to cook yummy tasty Chicken biryani. So what are you waiting for, come on lets have a look. 

 Preparation time: 5 mins

 Cooking time        : 1 hour

 Serve                       : 4-5 persons

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 kg Basmati rice 
• 1/2 kg Chicken                       
• 4 medium size Onions                         
• 3 Tomatoes                    
• 2 Green chillies            
• 1/4 cup Curd                             
• 1 Lemon 
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder    
• 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste 
• 3 Green Cardamom     
• 2 Cinnamon                   
• 4 Cloves                           
• Salt to taste
• 150 ml Oil                                 
• 1 cup Mint leaves                
• 1 cup Coriander leaves      

METHOD: 

To prepare gravy

1. Heat oil in a pot and add dry spices(cardamom, cinnamon & cloves) to it

2. Put chopped onions and saute it nicely till it turns light brown in colour 

3. Add chicken and stir for 2 mins

4. Add ginger garlic paste and salt and saute till the raw smell goes 

5. Sprinkle red chilli powder and stir it

6. Add chopped tomatoes and saute well

7. Once tomatoes are cooked add mint leaves, coriander leaves and green chillies and mix it well

8. Atlast add curd and lemon mixed together and add little amount of water stir nicely and close the lid

9.Cook the gravy in low flame till the chicken is done

To make Basmati rice

1.  First, wash rice in water and soak it in clean water for 30 mins. and set aside. Don't soak for a long period of time.

2. In a pot add adequate water and let it boil. 

3.After water starts boiling add the soaked Basmati rice and salt stir it once and close the lid. 

4.let it cooks for some time don't overcook the rice 

5. Once it is done  80% strain the water from it. 

To make Chicken Biryani 

1. In a gravy, pot add the cooked Basmati rice and mix gently 

2. Heat one old tawa and keep the pot on top of it

3.Close the lid (cover the lid with a cotton cloth or aluminium foil) and keep some weight on top of it, so that the heat won't evaporate

4. Simmer the flame and leave it for 10 mins. 

5. Once it is done serve hot with raita and some chicken 65

How to make chicken biryani step by step method with pictures 

Heat oil in a pot and add dry spices 

Put chopped onions and saute till it gets light brown in colour 

Add chicken pieces and stir for 2 mins

Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell disappear

Sprinkle red chilli powder and mix it well

Add chopped tomatoes and cook it nicely

Add coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chillies and stir it 

Finally, add curd and lemon mixture and  mix it 

Add some water and close the lid. Let it cook in low heat till the chicken is done 

To make basmati rice

Take one pot and boil adequate water to cook the basmati rice

Once the water starts boiling add basmati rice to it

Close the lid and cook for some time

Stir in between 

Once the rice is 80% done strain it 

Remove all the water from it .Basmati rice is ready

To make biryani

Add the chicken gravy in cooked Basmati rice and mix it well

Heat one old tawa and keep the pot on top of it and cover the lid with some cotton cloth so that the heat will not evaporate. Keep some weight on top of it...Let it cook for 10 minutes in low flame 

Once it is done serve it hot with some raita.... 

Chicken Biriyani is ready. Now its your time to cook and don't forget to share your experience in comments and plz do share this recipe 

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