Easy Chicken Biryani Recipe

Easy Chicken Biryani

Biriyani is one of the most delicious royal recipe introduced to Indians by the Mughals. Biriyani is the combination of great aromas, the different colors, the fluffy rice, and those addictive curry flavor.

Chicken Biriyani

Basically chicken biriyani is a savory chicken and rice that include layers of juicy chicken rice and aromatic that are steamed together.

The name biriyani is thought to be derived from The Persian word "birin" which means “rice”.

It has been much popular and is considered to be a luxurious treat to enjoy on a special occasion. Making the traditional authentic dum style Chicken biriyani does take some time and little expertise

Here the recipe I’m going to share is a shortcut easy method to make a simple one-pot delicious chicken biriyani in a pressure cooker. It is not a dum biryani, but yet it will surprise you with a good aroma and taste

This chicken biriyani is not that much oily, spicy, hot as it looks to be in pictures. However, you can customize your amount of red chilly powder if you do not prefer much spicy

The main ingredients for a good biriyani:

•      Basmati rice: There are so many kinds of basmati rice available in the market, choose the premium quality DAAWAT BIRIYANI BASMATI RICE rice which I choose for my recipe

•      Masala(spices): Good quality of whole spices and spices powder are the main key to get great aromas, so choose a great quality readymade Garam masala or biriyani masala

•      Chicken: we usually use the cut piece of a whole chicken, to make chicken biriyani, however, the breast piece finds out not marinated well with yogurt. If you want soft, tender and tasty pieces of chicken in your biriyani, just use the bone part of chicken it will help the dish to turn out more flavorful

•      Ghee: the authentic biriyani is made using ghee. Though this recipe is not following the traditional method, you can also make it using oil, but ghee gives the unique aroma to the dish.

Servings-3

Preparation time- 1 hour

Cook time- 30 min

Total time-1 hour 30min

Difficulty level- Medium

INGREDIENTS :

 Chicken – ½ kg

               For marinade the chicken:-

•      2/3 cup of plain curd

•      ½ cup of water

•      2tbsp vegetable oil

•      2 tsp spoon ginger garlic paste

•      1/7 tap turmeric powder

•      2tsp of garam masala

•      ½ tap of chili powder

•      1 tsp lemon juice

Whole spices: (skip don’t you have one)

•      2 bay leaf (tejpatta)

•      4 green cardamom ( chotti elaichi)

•      6 cloves ( laung)

•     1-inch cinnamon (dalchini)

•      1 star Anise ( chakri phool)

•      ¾ tsp of cumin seeds ( jeera)

•      1 strand mace ( javitri)

Other ingredients for chicken biriyani:

•      2 cups BASMATI rice

•      2 tsp of ghee

•      1 large onion

•      ½ cup of mint leaves

•      2 green chili

•      ¼ cup of plain yogurt

•      ½ tsp of chilly powder

•      1 two of garam masala

•      2 cups of water.

•      Salt to taste

•      Pinch of saffron (optional)

•      2 tsp of fried onions

•      2 tsp of fried cashew nuts and raisins

 Marinating the Chicken :

1.   Take a mixing bowl. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder, ginger garlic paste, biryani masala, chopped mint leaves, lemon juice, yogurt and give it to a great mix.

2.     Now add chicken pieces and mix again.

3.   Leave the marinade for 1 hour and ½ hour

Soaking Rice :

4.   Soak rice in a bowl after 30 min of marinade chicken

5.   Soak it for 30 minutes,

6.     Rinse well before cooking chicken biriyani.

Making Process of Biryani 

 1.   Heat a pressure cooker on medium heat.

2.   Add 2 tsp  of ghee and 2 tsp of oil.

3.   Put all the whole garam masala spices and sauté for a minute.

4.   Add very thinly sliced onions and sauté until they turn brown.

5.   Put the chicken marinade and give to a mix, cover and cook for 5 to 7 minutes on medium flame.

6.   Approximately 2 cups water will come out from the marinade after cooking.

7.   Open the cover, mix for once, and add the soaked rice.

8.   We need to add 4cups of water to 2 cups of rice so 2 cups of water are enough as there are already 2 cups of water in the chicken.

9.   Taste the water for salt and add it as required.

10.     Add the rice into a layer put the fried cashew and raisins, fried onions on top and mint leaves, and saffron milk optional,

11.     Cover the pressure cooker and set the flame to medium-high. Cook for one whistle and then move the cooker Away from the burner to stop cooking

12.     Rest until the pressure settle. Serve from top to bottom layer.

13.     Enjoy Chicken biriyani with raita.

This is a beginner recipe and can be made with ease. Serve the chicken biriyani with raita and gravy

Hope you all will enjoy the recipe and try it out!! If you are a beginner then try this recipe most it is so simple and you will definitely satisfy your biriyani craving. Do tag me after making the video on Instagram and Facebook, and to check my other simple recipe and share it with your friends and family.

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