Monday, October 19, 2009
If u want to make a flawless biryani then pakki style is the best way to go. Try this u will definetley love it.
Serves : 2
Ingredients :-
Ingredients for marination :-
Chicken : 1 lb ( cut chicken / drumsticks /boneless)
Salt : 1 /2 tspn
Chilly powder : 1/4tspn
Turmeric : 1/4 tspn
Coriander powder : 1/4tspn
Garam masala powder : 1/8 tspn
Curd : 1 laddle full
Lemon juice : juice of a 1/2 lemon
Ingredients to grind to a fine paste :-
Poppy seeds : 1 tbspn (dry roast)
Cashews : 5
Fennel seeds /saunf : 1/2tspn
coconut : 2tbspns
green chillies : 3
curd : 2tbspns
Ingredients for cooking rice :-
Basmathi rice : 2 rice cooker cups
Oil : 1tbspn
Whole garam masalas : ( cloves :4 , cardamoms :4 , cinnamon stick : 1" - 2pieces , star anise :1 , mace : 2 , Bay leaves :2)
Green chillies : 3
Onions :1
Ginger garlic paste : 1/4 tspn
Mint leaves : leaves of 10 sprigs
Coriander : 10 sprigs
Water : 3 cups
salt : 1& 1/4 tspn
Kesar Colour mixed in water : 2tspn
Ingredients for making curry :-
Oil : 2tbspns
cloves :2 , cardamoms : 2 , cinnamon : 1"
Onions : 1 big
Cashews : 10
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tspn
Salt : 1 tspn
Turmeric : 1/4tspn
Chilly powder : 1/4tspn
Marinated chicken
Grinded paste
Garam masala powder : 1/4 tspn
Lemon Juice : juice of 1/2 lemon
Preparation :-
- Marinate chicken with salt , turmeric , chilly powder , garam masala , coriander powder , lemon juice and curd . Try to marinate overnight putting in fridge .
- Grind ingredients under the title 'ingredients to grind' to a fine paste.
- Chop onions , green chillies , mint , coriander leaves , put ready whole garam masalas .
- Clean and soak basmathi rice in sufficient water for 30 mins.
- Cooking Rice For Biryani :-
- Heat a pan add oil , add whole garam masalas and fry them for a minute.
- Add green chillies and fry till done and then add onions . Fry till golden brown.
- Add ginger garlic paste and after a minute then add mint and coriander leaves .
- Add 3 cups of water and salt . Put lid and boil it fully .
- Add strained rice and cook till done .
- Add kesar colour water at different points. Put lid and switch off stove.
- After 5 mins take out the lid and spread rice in a baking casserole or u can use aluminium tray.
- Cooking Curry For Biryani :-
- Heat a pan add oil , add onions , whole garam masalas and cashews . Fry onions till golden brown.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add salt , turmeric & chilly powder . Fry for a minute.
- Add only chicken pieces discarding the curd from marination.
- Cook chicken covered till done and then add grinded paste and garam masala powder and fry till gravy thickens . Dont add water at all because it makes biryani more gooey and chicken releases lot of moisture. Switch off stove and add lemon juice.
- Baking Biryani :-
- Mix curry with the rice , put boiled egg halves .
- Cover the tray with aluminium foil or with a tight lid .
- Preheat oven @ 400 degree F and then put this tray in and bake for 20 mins and switch off oven . If u are cooking in large quantities increase the baking time accordingly.
- After a standby of 10 mins take the tray from oven and hot hot biryani is ready to serve.
- Serve yummy yummy biryani with ur favourite accompliement.
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Need to try this tonight:)
Thank you so much
Siva
Your recipes and the way you present is excellent.
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Ambica
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- Ashika
Thanks,
Radhika
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Preethi
Could you please tell in road side how they are preparing chicken kebabs