Chicken Biriyani ~ Chicken Recipes

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

1/4 kg Chicken

1 cup Basmati rice

11/2 Water

1 cup Onion (thinly chopped)

3/4 cup Tomato (finely chopped)

2 inch Ginger

8 Garlic cloves

2 Green chillies

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

2 tsp Oil

2 tsp Ghee or dalda

2 tbsp Curd

1 tsp Red chilli powder

1 tsp Anise seeds

1 Cinnamon stick (small)

3 Cloves

Kesari powder a pinch

1/4 tsp Garam masala powder

1/4 cup Mint leaves

4 tbsp Coriander leaves(finely chopped)

Salt to taste

Method

Clean the chicken and cut into medium-sized pieces.

Grind the ginger, garlic and anise seeds into a fine paste.

Add oil in the pressure cooker and heat it.

Add cinnamon stick, cloves and fry it for a few seconds.

Add ginger-garlic paste, mint leaves, coriander leaves, onion and tomato and fry it well.

Add the chicken and fry it for a minute.

Then add turmeric powder, chilli powder, 11/2 cups of water, curd, salt and rice and stir it well.

Close the cooker with the lid and turn the flame to medium high.

Once you get the pressure, put the weight on the cooker and turn the flame to medium low and keep it for 8 minutes.

After 8 minutes remove the cooker from the stove and keep it aside.

After 10 minutes remove the lid and stir the rice well and serve it with onion raita.